to set a watch; to post guards
secrecy; highly classified information
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
diplomatic; diplomatically
one's home country; one's homeland
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
off an island; away from an island; off-island
cargo; freight; money or assets
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
our country; our land; one's own country
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
motherland; fatherland; native country
puppet government; puppet regime
transport ship; troop ship
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
means of transportation; means of transport
to be loyal to; to serve; to offer allegiance
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
government; administration
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
straight-laced person; stubborn person