Arab countries; Arab states
very important person; super star; super big shot
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
international law; law of nations
diplomatic; diplomatically
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
underground organization; underground organisation
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
trade; business; occupation; profession; job
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
planned; scheduled; systematic
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
habitual offender; addict
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
abolition of the death penalty; abolition of capital punishment
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
study group; study meeting
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)