to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
eye for people; ability to judge character
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
successive generations; successive emperors
to live; to reside; to inhabit
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
at once; there and then; immediately
to crumble away; to collapse
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
many; much; plenty; hardly
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
detour; circumvention; turning movement
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
flying column; detached force
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
defense; defence; fielding
without trouble; easily; readily
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up