intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
genuine article; real thing; real deal
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
to increase; to add to; to augment
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
means; way; method; measure
influence; effect; impact
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
rather than; more ... than ...
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
failure; mistake; blunder
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
air of luxury; high class feel
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to discuss; to talk together
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
trend of the times; way things are going
son and heir; son who will succeed one
choices; alternatives; options
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
meaning; significance; sense
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...