smuggling; contraband trade
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
matter of time; question of time
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to follow another's example
(with a) slap; smack; wham; sound of striking with something solid; zap; crack
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to take command; to give direction
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
and then; and so; and; so then
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
defense; defence; protection
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
3000; three thousand; many
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
difference; variation; difference
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to watch over; to watch attentively
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many