reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to have a rumor circulating
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
economic blockade; embargo
military movements; military actions; military operations; military campaigns
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
hawks; hardline faction; hardliners
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
commodore; brigadier general
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
secret; private; surreptitious
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
as you can imagine; as imagined
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
commercialization; commodification; turning (something) into a product
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
thought control; thought censorship
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough