presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
participation; joining; entry; adherence
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
those present; attendance
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
attendance; presence; appearance
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to begin; to set about; to start
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
outside the country; abroad
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
government service; official position; civil service
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to kill; to choke the life out of
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to claim victims; to leave casualties
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to be too numerous; to be too much