combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
twice; again; second time
quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to dye; to colour; to color
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
ardent; passionate; vehement
courting; wooing; making advances
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
indicate reason; infers some protest
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to say; to be pleased to say
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
since when; from when; how long
heart; guts; nerve; central part
thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to concern; to be related