troops; group members; team members; SDF officials
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
starvation; famine; hunger
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to feel hungry; to get hungry
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
complete stranger; total stranger
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
something or other; one thing or another; this or that