number of persons; personnel
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to pitch camp; to set up camp
seventh day of the month; seven days
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
position; location; base; point; site
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
open; public; official; overt
to apply pressure to; to press
100,000; hundred thousand
mobilization; mobilisation
anxiety (about the future)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to paint (draw) a picture
four (long cylindrical things)
firm; strong; solid; stable
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
maintenance; preservation; improvement
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder