going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
desperation; struggle to the death
gray or silver haired (grey)
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
settler; colonist; immigrant
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
accommodation; taking in; imprisonment; detention; containing (e.g. words in a dictionary); adding
position; job; employment; opening
branch office; branch store
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
notes; comment; remark; annotation
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect