chance (of success); odds
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to press a question; to cross-examine
bygones; the past; past event
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
adopted daughter; foster daughter
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
foster father; adoptive father
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
respect and affection; love and respect
one's first campaign; one's first battle
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
orphan; person without friends
supervised; under surveillance
to squeeze out; to wring out
to fight to the bitter end
retiring from military service
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
apathetic; lackadaisical; indolent; weak; feeble; effeminate
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
becoming the objective; setting as a goal