preface; foreword; introduction
vernacular; local dialect
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
the same age; same period
to be quick-witted; to be resourceful
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
military physician or surgeon
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
armed forces; military; troops
ordinary citizen; the general public
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
camping; campground; making camp
difference; discrepancy; variation
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to triumph; to be elated with success
condition; situation; prospects
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
coronation ceremony; enthronement