unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
to be charged with a mission
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
huge rock; firmness; solidity
way (of doing); manner; method; means
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
creation; generation; formation; derivation
pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical); semen; sperm
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
automatic; intransitive verb
sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
slight; little; insignificant
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate