plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
again; once more; a second time
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
teeth of a saw; saw teeth; serration; serration (of a leaf)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
patrol (with ships or aircraft); patrolling
immediately; right away; on the spot
perception; sensing; noticing
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
flying object (e.g. rocket, missile); projectile
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe