holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
military authorities; army circles
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
recommendation; referral; endorsement
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
3000; three thousand; many
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
battlefield; battleground
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
self control; self restraint
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion