interception; monitoring; tapping
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
to spurt toward; to put on a spurt
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
secret information; intelligence
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to turn right; to turn to the right
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
headquarters; head office; main office
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
flying column; detached force
automatic car; car with automatic transmission
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
emergency deployment (police, etc.); emergency posting
airfield; airport; aerodrome
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
(national) capital (city); metropolis
tollgate; tollbooth; tollhouse
electronic toll collection system; ETC
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
child lock; child safety lock
supplementary explanation
modern civilization; modern world
check station; checkpoint
extreme modification (esp. of cars or toy figurines)
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road