occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
recovery; rescue; recapture
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to shut in; to confine; to contain
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
distinguished services; meritorious deeds
being concerned about or mindful of
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
possessed of a strong sense of duty
stirring; rousing oneself
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
god of war; (fig.) war hero
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
postwar period; period after Second World War
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
this family; we; this house
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
person who avoids others; social outcast