The museum stored all 【frangible】 articles in a locked showcase.

The US asks the World Trade Organization to limit trade 【sanctions】 to $1bn instead of the $4bn sanctions the EU wants to impose.

The world’s second largest economy, Japan, has been 【languishing】 for nearly a decade, after the boom of the early 1980s collapsed.

Exports of Japanese machinery 【withstood】 the downturn quite well because the Asian economies that buy them continued to boom.

Email scripts 【intrude】 on a computer without one’s knowledge.

Dubai is making progress in its efforts to promote international 【awareness】 of its attractions.

Security Council members confirm support for African efforts to 【settle】 conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Smoking is strictly 【prohibited】 in the process of handling explosive materials.

Big companies understand the importance of 【brands】.

That market alone 【accounted for】 half of the volume and 40 per cent of the value of the total U.S. exports of shell eggs for food use.