style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
slim; slender; slight; delicate
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to understand from experience
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to recall; to remember; to recollect
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
how many years; how long; what year
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
way (of doing); manner; method; means