acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
training range; training grounds; training area
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
surroundings; environs; circumference
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
passing through; through passage
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
audience; spectator; spectators
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
unable to resist; unable to suppress
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
belief; faith; conviction
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
adverse circumstances; adversity
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to fight against; to oppose; to face
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
king; monarch; ruler; champion
defense; defence; protection
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to