ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
all-out attack; general offensive
offensive (movement); aggression
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
one's own army; one's own team
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to encamp; to take up a position
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to pitch camp; to set up camp
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing
degree of attention; profile
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
generally speaking; in a broad way
unknown; obscure; insignificant
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to grumble; to make difficulties
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
to affect; to impact; to influence
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
(one) could even say that
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
enemy territory; hostile place
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
under the orders of; by order (command)