several years; a few years
(one's) military service record
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
whaaa; wah-wah; crying (of a newborn); mewling; wailing
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
several minutes; a few minutes
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
to get slightly dirty (all over)
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
flight; desertion; escape
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
pseudopodium (temporary protrusion of an ameboid cell); pseudopod
a little short; sawed-off (pants)
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
youthful; young; young-looking
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress