strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
how long; how far; how much
thrust; driving force; propulsion
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
2nd day of the month; two days
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing; reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
large number (of); many; majority
death and injury; being killed or injured
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker
sanity; consciousness; soberness
noisy; confused; uproarious
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to lend an ear to; to listen to
permission; approval; authorization; license
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
remote control; remote operation
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display