war area; battlefield; theater; theatre
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
point of departure; initial point; starting point
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
... and southward; in and to the south of ...
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to become desperate; to give in to despair
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk