active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
crowding together; grouping together; swarming; crowd; group; swarm
to push aside; to push one's way through
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
based on; built on; made from
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
in this way; along these lines; similarly
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try
result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
development (of film); photographic processing
each; (arch.) you (plural)
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to talk to oneself; to mutter
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
partly open; in half bloom
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
stepping back; drawing back
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward