hard education; hard training; Spartan education
(very) patient; persevering
to stick it out (until the end)
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
happy memory; sweet memory
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
temporary absence from school
report; notification; registration
sleeping together in a huddle
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
all night; throughout the night
what happens twice will happen thrice
index; index number; exponent (e.g. in floating-point representation); characteristic
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
to not believe one's ears
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
resentment; indignation; anger
leaving everything up to someone else
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
premature death; untimely death; dying young
to be powered on; to be turned on
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
alternately; by turns; one after the other