finish; completion; the end
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est
source; beginning; origin
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
pip (spot on a die); small cube (esp. of food); die; dice
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
system; organization; organisation; architecture
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
token (effort); something done for form's sake
never mind!; don't worry about it
everybody; every last one of them; all
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
(made of) stone; stone-built
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
reopening; resumption; restarting
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to palm off; to force a sale
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so