to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
very likely; very probable
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
command; lead; generalship; leadership
planned; scheduled; systematic
very great; enormous; serious
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
patrolling (esp. using ships or aircraft)
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
east, west, south and north
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
how; in what way; how about