at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
operation; functioning; running
self-destruct system; automatic detonator; self-detonating device
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
dawn (sometimes esp. in ref. to the 16th day of the lunar month onward)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
to face; to go towards; to head towards
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
many; much; plenty; hardly
act of terror; terrorist attack
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
than; from; out of; except; but; more
influence; clout; leverage
public safety; public welfare
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
successor; replacement; second wife
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
traitor (to one's country); quisling
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)