regulars; regular soldiers
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
grandfather; male senior-citizen
head; brains; intellect; understanding
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
the other day; a few days ago
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to say; to tell; to state; to do
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
experiment; experimentation
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
gossip; corner of the mouth
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
multimeter; multitester; volt-ohm-milliammeter
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense