lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to talk big; to be bombastic
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
leaving everything up to someone else
big talk; boasting; bragging
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
several people; a few people
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
topic of discussion; agenda
in its entirety; whole; wholly
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
reality; actuality; hard fact
(together) with; -wide; including
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
fort; stronghold; fortification
coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance); musicians' box on the left side of the stage; lower seat
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
protracted war; war of attrition
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
catercorner; diagonally opposite
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
same generation; one's generation
young person; inexperienced person; novice
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect