now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
state of the war; war situation
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
trial of strength; test of one's strength (stamina)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
reform; reformation; reorganization
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to break into a smile; to smile broadly; to beam
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
retention; maintenance; preservation
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
chief; main; principal; major
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
countermeasure; counter-measure
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to raise one's voice; to shout
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to look down over; to look down on
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
(gymnastical) giant swing; all-out effort; frenzied activity
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
going to and fro; back and forth
baton (of command); order; command; direction
fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
to spit out; to eject; to dump