suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
several people; a few people
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
threat; intimidation; menace
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to take command; to give direction
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
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
command; lead; generalship; leadership
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
battle formation; military formation
commander; commanding officer; CO
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
individual; one by one; separate; each
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
violent explosion; bursting
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors