promotion; advancement; rising in rank
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
command; control; commander
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
hope; white hope; person of promise
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
stirring; rousing oneself
vote-catching; vote-getting; fishing for votes
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
noble undertaking; heroic deed
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
number of (large) animals
members; member; constituent
flying column; detached force
to handle (a thing) roughly