battle formation; military formation
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
right in the center (centre)
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
influenced (by); under an influence
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
successively; one after another
one's own army; one's own team
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
regarding highly; attaching importance to
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to throw away; to abandon
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
be (that) as it may; having said that
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
in the end; at the end of the day
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little