excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
underdeveloped country; developing country
sphere; circle; range; category
further; even more; still more; all the more
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
nationalization; nationalisation
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
European Economic Community (1958-2009)
strong pressure; heavy pressure
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
internal (to a country); interior; home; national; domestic
contradiction; inconsistency
official price; government-imposed price limit
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
price; cost; value; worth; value
dividing into four; quartering
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
retention; maintenance; preservation
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
low (level, value, price, etc.)
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
interest; rights; concession
by sheer strength; by brute force
world conquest; world domination; taking over the world
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
military authorities; army circles
Gulf of Tonkin incident (1964)
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
legendary; folkloric; traditional
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere