nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
present; current; in operation
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
region; limits; stage; level
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
number one; first; best; most; game; round
specialization; specialisation
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
for example; for instance; e.g.
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
in that manner; like that
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to be needed; to be wanted
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing