absence; disregard; indifference
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
interior; inside; internal
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to be worried; to be troubled
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
General Staff Headquarters
receipt (of a letter, money, etc.); acceptance; receiving
orders; instructions; directive; command
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
right beside; close to; nearby
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
U.S. forces; American military
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to set a deadline; to fix a time limit
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
physical condition; state of health