import; importation; introduction; afferent
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
industrialization; industrialisation; commercialization
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
placed one upon another; piled up; excellent; splendid; superimposition; superposition
to be muddy; to be slushy
about when; about what time; how soon
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
listening device; bug; wiretap
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
young girl; lass; adolescent female
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
glasnost; Soviet policy of open discussion of political and social issues in the 1980s
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)