investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion; 10^12
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
armed forces; military; troops
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
intelligence; intellect; brains
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
to feel refreshed; to feel more cheerful; to feel better
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
nothing but; none other than
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
scene; view; prospect; outlook
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
curtailment of expenditure; financial retrenchment
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
necessary expenses; due charges; tax deductible expenses
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
diffusion rate; rate of spread
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
lethality; killing effectiveness
something like ...; something called ...
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
several types; several kinds; several species
hand-to-hand combat; fighting at close quarters; close combat
enemy territory; hostile place
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country