guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
focusing (of light); convergence; gathering and bundling
to glare at each other; to confront each other
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
moderate faction; moderates
national crisis; national disaster
few decades; many decades; several decades
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
urgent report; urgent message
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
economic collapse; financial failure; bankruptcy
chain; series; connection; linkage
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to support each other; to support one another
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
about this time; about now
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
non-intervention in the domestic affairs of another nation