people; citizens; subjects; folk
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
billboard; advertising sign
choices; alternatives; options
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
observation platform; lookout platform
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
fisher; fisherman; fisher (Martes pennanti); pekan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
topic of discussion; agenda
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
Minister for Foreign Affairs
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
export; exportation; efferent
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)