soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
by today; before the day is over
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
on and after; from ... onward; since
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
reality; actuality; hard fact
one end; an end; part; fragment
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
artificial intelligence; AI
estimate (of costs); budget
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
priority; order of precedence
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
many; numerous; various; large number of
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely