attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
interruption; suspension; break
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
chief; main; principal; major
plant and equipment; production equipment; productive capacity
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
chance (of success); odds
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be too late; to be too slow
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
protracted war; war of attrition
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
plant and equipment; production facilities; manufacturing equipment
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in