to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
binoculars; field glasses
congestion (of blood); engorgement
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to fight against; to oppose; to face
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
decisive mainland battle (land battle envisioned late in World War II)
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
commander; commanding officer; CO
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to mark the end; to spell the end
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
group; party; team; squad; section
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb
all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; as much as possible; as much as one can; to the utmost
all aircraft; all machines; workings of all things; all activity
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
very likely; very probable
manned; occupied; piloted
explosive; blasting powder
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
the entire force (of soldiers)
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
gossip; corner of the mouth