origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
discretion; discretionary power
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
joint struggle; common (united) front
important person; strategic person; key figure
Courtenay; Courtnay; Courtney
to run down (stairs, etc.)
(appropriate for) one's age
fucking; First Kitchen (fast food restaurant chain)
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
French; French food; French cuisine
English (language); English
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
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
one's whole life; one's lifetime
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
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)
half-finished (cigarette); half-smoked
freshly laundered and starched; fresh and unwrinkled
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis