experience; history; record; career
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
this (very thing); this precisely
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
drive assembly; driving gear; driving mechanism; running gear
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
unfortunately; regrettably
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
like this; this sort; this way
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
experiment; experimentation
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
suggestion; hint; implication
to become empty; to be emptied
several people; a few people
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
good news; happy news; glad tidings
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
testimony; (verbal) evidence
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of