Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
pension (esp. public servant's); (arch.) a lord giving a land holding to a vassal
receiving payments (pension, ration)
managerial liability; executive responsibility; accountability
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
military strength; military personnel
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
profitable plan; good plan
clearly; distinctly; vividly
disinformation; false information
going around; patrol; round; tour
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
good feeling; feeling good
stopping functioning; being out of service
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
aging; wearing out; deterioration
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
third (base, baseman, gear)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument