foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
civilian in military employ
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
one way or the other; either way
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
how; in what way; I wonder
to claim victims; to cause casualties
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to be enchanted; to be charmed
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to blow out; to spout out
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of