capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
process; course; mechanism
scattered; separated; dispersed
(how) many times; (how) often
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
leader (of an alliance); leading power
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
full payment; liquidation
finance reform; fiscal reconstruction
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
distinguished services; meritorious deeds
triumphant return; returning in triumph
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
final; eventual; ultimate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
villain; baddie; the villain's part
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
decision; settlement; definition
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt