rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
majestic; commanding; imposing; stately; dignified; with pomp and circumstance
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
material; substance; matter
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to make one's own; to take possession of
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard