to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
right in the center (centre)
bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
influenced (by); under an influence
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
successively; one after another
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
one's own army; one's own team
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale