tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
participation; joining; entry; adherence
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to some extent; to a certain extent
to become possible; to become able to (do)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
the whole city; all the cities; every city
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to be relieved; to feel relieved
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
expression; look; countenance; face
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
level ground; plain; flatland
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?