Text 1

to foil (e.g. a plan)

in preparation for

aimed to (e.g. improve sth)

stepped-up efforts

to mount (a response to, a campaign, a protest, an offensive)

incursion

an overthrow of the government

to hold exercises

anti-riot exercises

water cannons

Text 2

to bear fruit

cutting-edge (e.g. technology)

to team with sb

to perfect skills (of shooting)

rigorous exercise

to encounter

to rehearse numerous scenarios

Text 3

to expose

to emerge

to summon sb to

to insist (on doing sth)

to suffer serious shortages

shortfalls of 70% in

imminent

to be coy about sth

Text 4

unprecedented wave of absenteeism

to go Awol

to jeopardise

acute problems

indispensable

to stymie a campaign

to take matters into your own hands

to address an issue

the underlying reason for

peers

substantial sums (of money)

scores of cases

the case is pending

to smack of

to bully sb

Text 5

evildoer

incrementally

emergency relief

Text 6

to compile (data)

to keep under wraps

preliminary estimates

Text 31

to grant sb sth/ sth to sb

as regards sth

to obtain

refugees

to bank on guarantees

essential

to observe rules

indictment

to redraw borders

hostilities

to achieve aims

displaced person

to disarm sb

Text 32

to give one's support for sth

to put forward (e.g. a proposal)

parallel

a pressing issue

domestic affairs

to meddle with/ in

it borders on ignorance

armed faction

from now on

to back the government

verbal promises

to bring sb to power

interference

interim administration

Text 33

surge

to procure

procurement

conscripts

Text 45

to leak

to shun publicity

inexhaustibly curious

devoted to

perpetual race for

foe

deceptively quiet manner

to challenge sb's dominance

to junk sth

vulnerable

reluctant (to do sth)

aimed at sth (or doing sth)

to shift the focus from .... to.....

to give sb credibility

track record

obscure data

clairvoyant

to slip up

to set up (an office, an organization)

a draft of sth

disciple

to pledge (to do)

to accomplish a goal

a testament to the wisdom

Text 46

likewise

to acquire

superb design

to merge

toll-free phone

if you happen to be

to amount to

eventually

appliance

to resemble sth

to cease (to do)

it takes some effort (to do sth)

to get excited over sth

Text 47

to take note of sth

a bold conclusion

virtually

to be based on

to be doomed

to precede sth, to be preceded by

state-of-the-art (e.g. eqiupment)

incentive

sortie

the central insight of ...

war is an extension of politics

to be fearful of sth

to launch a humanitarian effort

to draw a sharp distinction

to adopt a policy

to yield to pressures

perseverance

steadfastness

to earn admiration of the world

posterity

reprisal

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