to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
street fighting; urban warfare
to keep away; to keep at a distance
early (days); initial stage; initial
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to make up the number; to have a complete set of
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
news; word; tidings; omen
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion