decision; settlement; definition
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
dispersal; scattering; discrete
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
looking on (somebody) as hostile
request; appeal; claim; purchase
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements