rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
fluent (in a language); flowing
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
English conversation; school for English conversation
completely relying on others
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
to translate; to interpret
twice; again; second time
courteous; decorous; polite
military personnel; soldier
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
financial power; financial means; wealth
the whole year; all the year
reduction; diminution; abatement
national defence; national defense
cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
extension; prolongation; enlargement (e.g. of a photograph)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
job-related; in the course of one's work
study group; study meeting
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun