salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
... years old; age (of) ...
to be appointed to a rank
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to keep standing; to stand motionless
to go past; to pass; to pass by
such; like that; that sort of
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
hemostatic agent; haemostatic agent; hemostatic; styptic
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to close (one's eyes); to shut
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born