maintenance of public order; maintaining security
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
pair; the two; both persons; both things
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
prime minister; premier; chancellor
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
dealing with; coping with
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
settlement; solution; resolution
with these words; while saying
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability