to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
commander; commanding officer; CO
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
many; numerous; various; large number of
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to repeat; to be frequent
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
person killed in action; the war dead
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
monolith; large slab of rock
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
vacant house; unoccupied house
each house; every house; many houses
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
for the first time in one's life
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
homecoming; return to one's home
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
homecoming; returning home
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
infringement; violation; invasion; encroachment; trespass
postwar period; period after Second World War
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece