troubles both at home and abroad
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
jokingly; in the form of a joke
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
moderate faction; moderates
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
smuggling; contraband trade
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
incompetent; have no merit
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
difference; disparity; gap
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
enlightenment; instruction
education; enlightenment; civilization; civilisation; indoctrination
extermination; annihilation
consists of; comprises; is made up of
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
vigilance committee; vigilante corps
mediator; intermediary; agent; broker; middleman
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
high-tech; high-technology
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
processing technology; processing technique
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly