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regular army

5

to get a late start

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

1

small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

3

is never the case; has never happened

1

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

6

path of retreat

2

you; people

3

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

1

turmoil; chaos; confusion

2

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

control value; minimal required value

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

7

conclusion; completion

4

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

3

ear (head) of rice

1

grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)

1

violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority

1

polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth

3

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

1

sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison

3

to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)

1

adversary; opposition; hostile forces

1

must not; do not

1

strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness

1

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

2

right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank

1

17; seventeen

1

volley; fusillade

2

left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field

2

high-explosive projectile

3

agent; proxy

9

to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer

1

attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing

1

distant; remote; isolated

3

historical context; historical background

2

close relation (association)

1

military officer; naval officer

1

civil official

2

commander; general; leader

4

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

2

remnants of an enemy army

1

cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up

2

to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

1

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

1

remote control; remote operation

1

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

1

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

2

comfortably; easily

2