bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
participation; joining; entry; adherence
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to count on one's fingers
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a religious precept without shame
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to squash; to crush; to flatten
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
worldly affairs; public affairs
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
chief; leading; important; prominent
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but