to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
accepting (acknowledging) the reality
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
paper patch; paper backing; poster; sticker; label
hedge; fence; border; limit
action; operation; effect; function
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
carrying voice; well-projected voice
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development
selfishness; self-interest
protective instinct; defensive instinct
autopurificatory activity (in the natural world)
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
internal organs; viscera; intestines
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
drinking and eating too much
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
muscular; lean (of a company's operations, etc.)
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
material; substance; matter
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
visual hallucination; vision
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
each individual; each person
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline