visual confirmation; sighting
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to badger; to pester; to beg
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
transport corps; army service corps
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
yearned for; longed for; missed
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
understood; I see; OK; present; here