armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
taming; gradual habituation; leading to
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
rehabilitation; reinstatement; restoration of rights
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to be badly made; to fail
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
tomboy; rebounding; recovery; repercussions; rashness; incautiousness
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
one life; one's life; one order; one command
to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
this spring; spring this year
principal occupation; core business
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
recuperation; medical treatment
to explain adequately; to be accountable
refusing visitors (esp. in a hospital); not allowing visitors
to be injured; to sustain a wound
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
discipline; training; teaching manners
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure); feelings
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway