infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.); contravention; conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.); inconsistency; (arch.) collision; (arch.) contact
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
retention; maintenance; preservation
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
pre-war days; before the war
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
to take over; to hand over
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
matter of time; question of time
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
not necessarily so; is not always true
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
information discovery; disclosure of information
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
news; word; tidings; omen