several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
running away; escaping on foot
shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources
serious; severe; grave; acute
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
secret information; intelligence
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to watch over; to watch attentively
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
recovery; undoing; recall
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
innumerable; countless; numberless
for a while; for some time; for a period
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
these guys; these fellows
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
the other day; a few days ago
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking