secrecy; highly classified information
number of persons; personnel
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
destruction; annihilation; extermination
(period of) a year; during an era
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
massing (of troops); gathering
each nation; many nations; many countries
grasp; catch; understanding
unidentifiable; unidentified
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
calming down; quieting down
defense; defence; protection