being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
neighbourhood; neighborhood
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
the way one works; one's working manner
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
affectation; showiness; pretence
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
armed forces; military; troops
training; drill; practice; discipline
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled