being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
pointing out; identification
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
railroad operating over private tracks
massing (of troops); gathering
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
mobilization; mobilisation
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
armaments; military preparations
to tower above; to stand out
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
scale; scope; plan; structure
garrison; occupation forces
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
minimum; at the very least
preparation; provision; guarding
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
piece; fragment; one (object)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
(courteous) invitation; call
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to attack; to assault; to assail
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
strong nation; powerful country
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
suicidal tendency; suicidal wish
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial