blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
interest; rights; concession
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
government; administration; ministry
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
testimony; (verbal) evidence
high voltage; high tension
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
offering a full report to a superior
certain; definite; clear; credible
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
number of persons; personnel
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark