battlefield; battleground
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
generic; general purpose; all-purpose
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
general-purpose machine; general-purpose computer
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
personal aeroplane; personal airplane
quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing
technical limitations; limits of technology
tank (military vehicle); chariot
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
left side; left-hand side
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
presence (impressive quality)
serious; not joking; straight
colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
like this; this sort; this way
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)