armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
proud; having a prominent nose
peerless; unequaled; unequalled
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
hostile party; enemy side
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
whole face; all over one's face
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
marvelous; astonishing; wonderful
to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)
closet (built into the wall, usu. with sliding doors); (built-in) wardrobe
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
forevermore; for eternity
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
reason for being; raison d'être
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
purse; change purse; wallet
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
short-tempered person; irritable person
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst