present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
button (clothing); push-button
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
bursting at the seams; bulging
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
position; location; base; point; site
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
right (to do something); authority; power
defense; defence; protection
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
this for sure; certainly is
stationing (troops); occupancy
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
duty; function; office; mission; task
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
already known; well-known
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
supply route; supply road; communications (military)
reinforcement; strengthening
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
two times; twice; two degrees
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
anxiety (about the future)