small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
to leave (a scene); to step away
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to give directions; to issue instructions
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
(for the) first time in one's life
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
in one's own way or style
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment
as expected; as predicted
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against