to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
huge; enormous; great big
newspaper story (article, account)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
recovery; rescue; recapture
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to knock down; to knock out
base (military, expedition, etc.)
stationing (troops); occupancy
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
secret information; intelligence
(theatrical) fighting scene
to be helpful; to be useful
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
extermination; annihilation
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
prospects of victory; chances of success
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
high; noble; refined; advanced
Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
disadvantageous; long (odds)