(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to attempt; to test; to try out
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to play a leading role; to play a central part
though; notwithstanding; although
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
fresh taste; novelty; originality; freshness
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
for more details ...; for further information ...
to refer to; to use as reference
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can