use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
classified information; top secret
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
source of information; intelligence source; message source
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
power balance; balance of power
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
Commonwealth of Independent States; CIS
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
to concern; to be related
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to smear with blood; to kill
Britain (island); Great Britain
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
leadership; initiative; spearhead
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
possession; retention; maintenance
desperately; for one's dear life
in name but not in reality
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain