one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
temporary; transitory; short-lived
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
postwar period; period after Second World War
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
national crisis; national disaster
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
strategy meeting; council of war
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
to fight against; to oppose; to face
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
imagination; supposition; guess
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to brush off; to shake off
close to the wall; alongside the wall
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial