mockery; derision; ridicule
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
fresco; mural; wall painting
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky; God; the Creator
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
defined style; predetermined style; official style; rule
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
behavior; behaviour; manner
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to shake one's head (in denial)
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
two (long cylindrical things)
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
disadvantageous; long (odds)