ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
grasp; catch; understanding
to call in; to invite; to bring in
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
many; numerous; various; large number of
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
calamity; disaster; misfortune
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
thousands; several thousand
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
decision; settlement; definition
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
federation; federal state; United States of America
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
sharpness; sharp weapon; blade; fine soldier
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky