shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
international community; international society; the world
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
resolution; vote; decision
adoption; selection; choice
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
until now; so far; up to the present
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
for example; for instance; e.g.
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
military force; military strength
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
guess; speculation; supposition
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to threaten; to make threats
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
legitimate occupation; honest business
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
declaration; statement; proclamation
changing clothes; change of clothes
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
relation; connection; relevance
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
official announcement; proclamation
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
one-by-one; separately; in detail
question; inquiry; enquiry