truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
rising; ascending; climbing
number of times; frequency; count
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
from the beginning; from scratch
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
craftsmanship; artisanship
cannot be compared with; no match for
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
self-consciousness; self-awareness
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
near; close; beside; third person
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
great difference; major mistake
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
stopping at; going no further than
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since