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rehearsal

2

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

3

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

2

staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to

1

at work; in the midst of work; working

2

theatre; theater; playhouse

1

joint enterprise; joint venture

1

as you know; as we know

1

business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise

5

spacious; roomy; large; extensive (business, dealings, etc.); large (scale); broad

2

food; food products; foodstuffs

4

expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC

1

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

1

for military use

1

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

1

camp; camping

1

preserved foods

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

1

chief; main; principal; major

1

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

1

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO

1

North Atlantic Treaty Organization; NATO

1

old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days

1

communist bloc; Iron Curtain

1

Middle East

2

Asia

2

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

state; country; nation

2

to sign a contract

1

United Nations; UN

2

mediation; good offices; go-between; building a bridge

1

munitions industry; war industry

2

close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent

1

missile

1

transactions; dealings; business

1

bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

2

(it is such) a thing

1

joint investment

1

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

1

division (of company); operations department

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

1

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

4

zone

4

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue

1

thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

1