beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
holding out a little longer
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
individual; private person; personal; private
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
again and again; repeatedly
to be at a loss how to continue; to become disheartened
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
one by one; one after another; successively
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
certainly; surely; definitely
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
fast typing; fast beating; fast drumming
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
being very busy; busyness
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
tendency; trend; inclination
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
course; route; path; process; means
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to accept; to receive; to agree
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
empirical; from experience
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
incoming telephone call; telegram received