intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
art of war; strategy; tactics
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
street fighting; urban warfare
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
defense; defence; protection
supreme leader; ultimate leader
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
successively; one after another
separate room; special room
national leader; leader of a nation; state leader
to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)
back street; back alley; slums
drift (of snow, leaves, etc.); hangout for social dropouts
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
detached; aloof; indifferent
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rampancy; prevalence; domination
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries
the people; the public; the world
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
remark; statement; discourse
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive