close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
composite photograph; photomontage
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
number of persons; personnel
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
while; even though; despite
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to pause; to have a short intermission
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
incoming telephone call; telegram received
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
if so; in that case; in that situation
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
battlefield; battleground
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
article; news story; report; account
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up