\ba Unicode word boundary
Negative Lookbehind(?<!\.) \.the literal . (4610 / 568 / 2E16)
\d{1,2}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 1 and 2 times
/the literal / (4710 / 578 / 2F16)
-the literal - (4510 / 558 / 2D16)
\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once
/the literal / (4710 / 578 / 2F16)
-the literal - (4510 / 558 / 2D16)
\d{2,4}a Unicode decimal digit, repeated between 2 and 4 times
\ba Unicode word boundary
g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first