combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get one's head around; to think about
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
re-education; retraining; in-service training
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
in a day; in a brief space of time
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
righteousness; justice; right
great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
ratio; proportion; percentage
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
now that you say that; now that you mention it