absolute basics; very rudiments
fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to live through; to survive
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
since when; from when; how long
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to leave word; to leave a message
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
at a glance; at first sight
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
almost; roughly; approximately
conference room; council room
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
strategy meeting; council of war
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
plural; multiple; several
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time