to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
a long time ago; in those days
United States Army; U.S. Army
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
war; battle; match; game; competition
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
one's whole life; one's lifetime
life; living; I; me; student
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
teacher; instructor; professor
to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to creep about; to crawl around
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
beginning (of a century, etc.)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to do together; to share; to participate in
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
something; some kind of; for some reason