light; easy; non-serious; minor
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
sense of values; values; value system
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to remove; to move out of the way
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
same generation; one's generation
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting