leadership skill; leadership ability
(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement
to rain incessantly; to downpour
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
reopening; resumption; restarting
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; stratagem; tactics
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
pillar of fire; blazing column
function; facility; faculty; feature
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
to mix; to stir; to blend
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
to be badly made; to fail
cease-fire; truce; armistice
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to kill by burning to death
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
to choose (and take); to select; to pick (out)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
this, that and the other; this and that
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
situation report; status report; progress report