major incident; major happening; big scandal
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
headquarters; head office; main office
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
unless one ...; if one does not ...
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to attempt; to test; to try out
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
besides; in addition; also; moreover
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
power; authority; jurisdiction
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
and yet; though; when; in spite of
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
detention pending trial; confinement; custody
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
other than; excluding; without
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit