document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
reading aloud; recitation
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
just one person; only one
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
lightly; easily; carelessly
to lead someone around by the nose
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to breathe out; to exhale
great war; great battle; world war
state of the war; war situation
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
skill; dexterity; master hand
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
violent emotion; passion; fury
to know (a person); to think
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive