guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
state of the war; war situation
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
lacuna (anatomical cavity or depression)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
force (bulldoze) one's way through
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
invisibility (through magic)
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
even if not; even without
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
the place for; the time for; the level of
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
stealthy steps; soft steps
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
decrease; reduction; decline