full dress; formal dress; uniform
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
leader; central personage
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
massing (of troops); gathering
northern part; the north (of a region)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
central city; major city (in a region)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
what did you do?; is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
nonparticipation; nonattendance
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
body; physique; build; stature
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to step over or across; to overcome