to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
boy; son; baby boy; young man
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
growth period (in children)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to frolic about; to mess around
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble