able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
hard worker; hardworking person
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
commander; commanding officer; CO
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
preliminary arrangements; spade work
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
almost; roughly; approximately
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
determination; resolution
chief; main; principal; important
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad