watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to keep a watchful eye on
direct unforked road; straight path
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
and so; therefore; for that reason
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to say; to be called; to do
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
number of persons; personnel
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
continuation; succession; series
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
home area; home town; local
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
prize money; monetary award; reward
subsidy; incentive; bounty
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to change completely; to change suddenly
domestic affairs; internal administration
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
party; gang; company; squad
to screw up one's courage; to take heart
to force one's way; to push through