serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
production; output; turning out
to disperse; to take a castle
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
support; backing; aid; assistance
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
military authorities; army circles
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
real intention; true motive; true meaning
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
concealment; suppression; hiding
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
the very best; excellent; superb
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
secret information; intelligence
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
royal castle; imperial castle