to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
locality; local area; limited area
war; battle; match; game; competition
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
postwar period; period after Second World War
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
difficult to ...; hard to ...
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
after that; afterwards; thereafter
young person; youth; young
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
rather; better; instead; if anything
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
fragment; one of the group or party
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes