color scheme; colour scheme
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
this sort of; this type of
secret information; intelligence
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
practical question; practical problem; practical matter
whole day and night; 24 hours
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
enemy territory; hostile place
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to call in; to invite; to bring in
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
melting; liquefying; fusion
other than; excluding; without
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
sealing (something) inside; enclosing (with a letter, etc.)
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital