to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
country; territory; domain; realm
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
conscription; draft system
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
refutation; rebuttal; retort
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
last days; the end; one's fate
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to recall; to remember; to recollect
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
economic warfare; economic war
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
how; in what way; by what means
much less; to say nothing of
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
how many years; how long; what year