indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
ability to get things done
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
calm; composed; leisurely
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
joint struggle; common (united) front
brave general; great soldier
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
absence; disregard; indifference
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to attack each other; to launch assaults on each other
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
in name but not in reality
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to see through; to see the true nature of something
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to cut off (a relationship)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
concession; conciliation; compromise
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
like this; this sort; this way
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)