possession; retention; maintenance
the people; citizens; the populace
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
outbreak of war; starting a war
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
choosing between two things; two choices
to thrust before; to thrust at
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
selection; choice; option
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to