armed forces; military; troops
sympathy; empathy; response
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
behind; in the rear; in back
decision; settlement; definition
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
to affect; to impact; to influence
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
extensive knowledge; erudition
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on