failure; mistake; blunder
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
platoon commander; section commander
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
man; male; masculine gender
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
chance; opportunity; occasion
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
such; this sort of; like this
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
why; how; for what reason
to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
such ... as; or some such
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
after school (at the end of the day)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
tank (military vehicle); chariot
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)