to comb down; to smooth down
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
old soldier; veteran; old hand
sweating easily; profuse sweater
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
Beijing dialect (of Mandarin); Pekingese
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
(newspaper's) financial columns
article; news story; report; account
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
warships and other vessels; naval vessels
entry into port; arriving in harbor
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
serious; severe; grave; acute
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
matter of time; question of time
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
automated teller machine; automatic teller machine; asynchronous transfer mode; ATM; anti-tank missile
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
since; henceforth; ever since