war; fighting; fierce competition
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
declaration of war; proclamation of war
violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
direct control; direct supervision
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
edict; ordinance; proclamation
whole nation; whole land; whole country