self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
but; however; even though; even if
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to make a mistake; to blunder
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
way of speaking; intimation
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
defense; defence; protection
to be rearranged; to be moved (around); to be changed; to be replaced; to be exchanged; to be switched
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
in case of; at that time; at this time
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly