information; news; report; reward; retribution
great commander; famous commander
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
half a ri (distance measure)
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
on the occasion of; at the time of
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
for dear life; barely escaping alive
flight; desertion; escape
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
(within a) territory; domains
surrender (fall) of a castle
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
rear guard; second reserve
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
and (also); both ... and; as well as
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
the whole area; all areas
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
offensive (movement); aggression
to trace back to (the origins of something)
family name; lineage; birth; clan
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to tower over the surroundings
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)