one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
drama; play; powerful drug
to paint (draw) a picture
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
matter of time; question of time
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
big leakage; uncontained leak
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
counterintelligence; counterespionage
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to not take seriously; to take lightly
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
participation; joining; entry; adherence
in person; personally; directly
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society