practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to become calm; to die down
stillness; repose; standing still
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
front; frontage; facade; main
defense; defence; protection
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to be prolonged; to drag on
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
military provisions and cavalry horse fodder
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
one end; an end; part; fragment
index finger; forefinger; second toe
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
tropical forest; tropical rainforest
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be