bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
action committee; executive committee
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
funny story; funny anecdote
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
visit to a hospital, temple, school, etc.
to lose sight of; to miss
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
report card; result sheet
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
just under; a little less than; just short of
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)