useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
unable to back down; unable to withdraw; stuck in a position where one cannot pull back; committed
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions); to get on the same page
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
plural; multiple; plural (number)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to become desperate; to give in to despair
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
conscious; deliberate; intentional
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety