to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
fully armed; armed to the teeth
supply; provision; raising; procurement
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
isolation; being alone; being friendless
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
of course; certainly; naturally
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
(social) class; rank; grade
captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
university student; college student
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address