to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; 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; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
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
cannot be helped; unavoidable
common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
to be enchanted; to be charmed
gunfight; 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); icky; 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 thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
Rubens; Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640; Flemish artist)
Beretta (Italian firearm manufacturer)
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
here and there; everywhere
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive