to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
police; police officer; police station
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
on the occasion of; at the time of
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
safety; welfare; well-being
in the end; at the end of the day
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
release; liberation; acquittal
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
one by one; one at a time; in turn
under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
scandal; deplorable event
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
countermeasures headquarters; task force; countermeasures office; emergency headquarters
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
guardian; mentor; protector
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
single word; a few words; brief comment
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
knowing; (an) acquaintance
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed