rear guard; reserve troops
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
way; method; means; resource; course
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to become an expert; to be master at
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to be frank; to drop all pretense
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
imagination; supposition; guess
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
historic; historical; traditional
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
refined; admirable; superb
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
social life; social intercourse
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
you could say; you might say; verging on the
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
to spread; to be propagated