favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
information; news; report; reward; retribution
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
to die out; to become extinct
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
one large ...; a great ...
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
state of mind; mentality; psychology
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
great victory; crushing victory
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
supply; supplying; replenishment
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt