preservation; retainment; keeping
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
development; exploitation
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
at a moment's notice; readily
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
official announcement; proclamation
secret; private; surreptitious
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
this (very thing); this precisely
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
how many years; how long; what year
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
flash (of light); glint; schiller
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...