to understand from experience
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
operation; functioning; running
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
system; institution; organization; organisation
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to overdo; to do too much
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing