cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
Darjeeling (tea); Darjeeling (India); Darjiling
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
border area; border zone; borderland
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
offense and defense; offence and defence
to unfold; to unroll; to open
government forces; government troops
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; (lit.) to bend one's head slightly to one side
(national) capital (city); metropolis
defense; defence; protection
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
armaments; military preparations
special; particular; peculiar; unique
course; route; path; process; stages
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
blitzkrieg; blitz; lightning war
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
sympathy; compassion; pity
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to be erected; to be built
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game