government; administration
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
24 hours; twenty-four hours
surveillance system; monitoring system
second day of the month; two days
tenth day of the month; ten days
divide into four pieces; one fourth
suddenly; all of a sudden
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
observation; survey; watching
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
bioterrorism; biological terrorism
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
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
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
circulation; dissemination
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to be surprised; to be astonished
study; research; investigation
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
large conglomerate; large group of related companies
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)