surveillance system; monitoring system
selection; choice; picking out
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
war; fighting; fierce competition
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
materials; data; document
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
official document; archives
forgery; falsification; fabrication; counterfeiting
very much; very many; more and more
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
hostility; antagonism; opposition
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action