military force; force of arms; strength of an army
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
leading; guiding; commanding
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
members; member; constituent
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
individual; one by one; separate; each
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
national border; provincial border
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to press a question; to cross-examine
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
blocking the way; standing in the way
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
isolation; being alone; being friendless
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into