staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
town; city; municipal; urban
chief; main; principal; major
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
a certain somebody; you-know-who
genius; prodigy; natural gift
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
commander; general; leader
to happen to have on hand or in stock
planning stage; planning stages
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to count on one's fingers
one-eyed; first (in a series); initial
military strength; military personnel
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to invite in; to show someone in
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement