to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
war; fighting; fierce competition
old army general; veteran army general
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
dozens; scores of; decades
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
direct control; direct supervision
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
enactment; establishment; creation
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to become widely known; to become well-known; to spread (of a rumor, reputation, etc.)
finish; finishing; finishing touches
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence