conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
logistics; supply; communications
to entrust; to leave to a person
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to turn towards; to point
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
military force; military strength
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
northwestern part; the northwest
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
in the mountains; among the mountains
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to look around; to survey
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
scenery; scene; landscape
single word; a few words; brief comment
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
mountain range; mountain belt
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation