event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
public agency; public institution
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
dozens; scores of; decades
time; hour; period; class
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
inside; interior; inner part
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
area; region; district; locality
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
just one person; only one
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
nice; likeable; desirable
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
major incident; major happening; big scandal
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
hard to get; hard to come by
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase