to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
duty; function; office; mission; task
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
number of persons; personnel
consists of; comprises; is made up of
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
advance; moving forward; progress
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
simple and clear; plain and simple
and so; therefore; for that reason
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
to be too numerous; to be too much
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
one's first campaign; one's first battle
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
kindness; intimacy; friendship
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to understand from experience
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
invisibly; secretly; privately
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to crouch; to squat; to cower