main body (of an army); main force; these troops
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to play a leading role; to play a central part
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
survival; survivor; relic
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
sympathy; empathy; response
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
position; location; base; point; site
lookout post; observation point
to accept; to receive; to agree
system; institution; organization; organisation
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
war; battle; match; game; competition
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
news; word; tidings; omen
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said