lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
military history; military annals
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
results; record; grades; marks
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
fundamental academic skills; expected basic knowledge (of a subject)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
practice; practising; training; study
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to knock down; to knock off
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
end; close; conclusion; termination
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
nine times; twisting around many times
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of superfamily Caraboidea, but excluding subfamily Carabinae); Anisodactylus signatus (species of ground beetle)
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
to make a fool of (someone)
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
promotion; raising of status
entering school; school attendance