very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
pre-war days; before the war
strategy meeting; council of war
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
imagination; supposition; guess
naturally; of course; understandably
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to squeeze out; to wring out
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
postwar period; period after Second World War
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
older sister; elder sister
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to bend; to warp; to curve
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
separation; farewell; parting
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
evaporation; dispersion; dissipation
silence; stillness; quietness
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
that's true; of course; obviously
that's the way it is; such is life
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
priority; order of precedence
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
notes; comment; remark; annotation