to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
long military service; having experienced many battles
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to become settled; to be fixed
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to lie down; to throw oneself down
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
educational institution; school; academy; campus
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
summer vacation; summer holiday
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
life; living; I; me; student
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak