evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
one's own army; one's own team
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
first meeting; first interview with
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
exactly the opposite (of); completely opposite; quite contrary
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to lose sight of; to miss
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
enemy territory; hostile place
isolation; being alone; being friendless
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
final; eventual; ultimate
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
to run down (stairs, etc.)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...