beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
railroad; railway; rail transport
focal point; nodal point; node
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
town; city; municipal; urban
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to withstand; to be able to endure
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
important point; strategic position; key point
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
satellite city; satellite town
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
front; frontage; facade; main
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
many; much; plenty; hardly
surrounding at a distance
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
southernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll