large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
safe; vault; storage cabinet
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
information bureau; intelligence department
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
regiment of military policemen
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
one's own army; one's own team
act of terror; act of terrorism
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
Department of Defense (USA); the Pentagon; Ministry of Defence (UK, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
number two; second in command
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
opening and shutting; opening and closing