elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
succeeding; following; trailing; next
successively; one after another
massing (of troops); gathering
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
beginning; outset; first; onset
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
extermination; annihilation
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
many; a lot; much; multitude
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
here and there; in places
restoration; repair; mending
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point