soldier; tactician; strategist
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
single-seater; single-seated; sitting alone
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
body guard; military escort
serious or slight injury; major and minor injuries
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
will not do; do not; does not
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
to squash; to crush; to flatten