urban areas; the streets; town; city
to squash; to crush; to flatten
conference room; council room
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
information; news; report; reward; retribution
safety; welfare; well-being
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
telecommunications; correspondence
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to give directions; to issue instructions
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
declaration of a state of emergency
please; somehow or other; one way or another
staff member; station employee; official
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
verbal message; word (from someone)
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
safety boots; safety shoes; steel-toe boots
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly