land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
tenth day of the month; ten days
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
only; merely; but; no more than
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to show up; to appear; to turn up
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
operation; functioning; running
snow blown up from the ground
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
consists of; comprises; is made up of
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
to cover fully; to wrap around
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself