superiority; predominance
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
to take command; to give direction
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
private affairs; personal matter
sixth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; tapering thinning curve, usually concave left
overlooking; turning a blind eye
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
art of war; strategy; tactics
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to gust; to blow violently
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
old or veteran army general
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
messenger; envoy; emissary
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for