decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
on the occasion of; at the time of
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to detain; to take into custody
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
election; selection; choice
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to hide; to keep to oneself
to collect; to assemble; to gather
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
by means of; due to; because of; according to
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
political issue (problem)
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
duty; function; office; mission; task
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern