trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
verbal promise; one's word
to say no more; to sink into silence
any more; any further; any better; any longer
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
outbreak of war; starting a war
one's own army; one's own team
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
orders; instructions; directive; command
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to attack; to assault; to assail
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
both armies; both teams; both sides
sanity; consciousness; soberness
honorific affix; honorific prefix
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
secret; private; surreptitious
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to shout (in anger); to yell
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
nature; property; disposition
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time