supply; supplying; replenishment
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
town; city; municipal; urban
isolation; being alone; being friendless
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to attack; to assault; to assail
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
reform measures; improvement plan; remedial measures
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
advance; moving forward; progress
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university