foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
the same generation; coeval
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
royalty and titled nobility
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to claim victims; to cause casualties
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
how many people; a number of people
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
total energy; all efforts
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
enemy territory; hostile place
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
locality; local area; limited area
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to increase; to add to; to augment
motherland; fatherland; native country
flying column; detached force
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
victim; injured party; sufferer
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
position; location; base; point; site
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
utmost limits; extremity; limit