preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
the place for; the time for; the level of
southeastern part; the southeast
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
deep-seated grudge; hatred
habitable area; inhabitable land
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
aphid; plant louse; cockroach; Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus); hanger-on; parasite
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
to kill by burning to death
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
police; police officer; police station
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
cooperative relationship; partnership
greeting; a fine thing to say
barometer (instrument); measure (e.g. of one's health); indicator; index
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
section manager; section chief