breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
every place; various places
military personnel; soldier
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation; to be completely defeated; to be beaten hollow
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
finding employment; getting a job
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to employ; to hire; to charter
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
direct control; direct supervision