conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to square one's shoulders
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
sensual; sexy; voluptuous
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
occasional; infrequent; rare
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
dead person; deceased person
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
writing; composition; essay; sentence
person killed in action; the war dead
100,000,000; one hundred million
private citizen; civilian
death toll; number of deaths; body count
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
delusion; trick of the imagination
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)