wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
to be dried out; to be parched
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
unlicensed gambling establishment
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
healthy; sound; wholesome
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
delivery; transfer; hand-over
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
recitation; reciting from memory
overseas inspection; tour of inspection abroad
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
tendency; trend; inclination
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
it's not like; it isn't as if
members; member; constituent
thousands; several thousand
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion