return; restoration; refund; (duty) drawback
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
expulsion; excommunication
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
member nation; member state; signatory
Manchurian Incident (1931); Mukden Incident
world situation; world affairs
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
around the world; throughout the world
fundraising; financing; cash flow
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities
number one; first; best; most; game; round
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
how long; how much; to what extent
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
far right (in politics); extreme right; ultraconservative
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
counter for choices, options, etc.
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
tendency; trend; inclination
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden