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perestroika (USSR reform movement)

2

reconstruction; rebuilding; restructuring

1

glasnost (Soviet policy of openness in the 1980s)

2

freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public

1

Reagan; Regan

1

reduction of armaments; disarmament

1

food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)

1

Kremlin (citadel in Moscow); Kremlin; Russian government; kremlin (citadel of a Russian city)

2

sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness

1

hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel

1

Pizza Hut

1

nevus; naevus; birthmark

2

port wine

1

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

1

narration

1

reading aloud; recitation

1

Raissa

1

Moscow State University; MGU

1

Mother Teresa (1910-1997; Albanian‑Indian Catholic nun)

2

Agnes

1

Calcutta (India)

3

birth name

1

Albanian (language)

1

rosebud

1

divine love; agape

1

certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

1

Christopher Hitchens

1

detailed explanation

1

hypodermic injection

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

to use (the same thing) for multiple purposes; to reuse; to work (someone) hard; to order around

1

Oslo (Norway)

1

to spare time (for)

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

malignant tumor; malignant tumour; malignancy; cancer

1

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

2

tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia

1

malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)

1

Margaret Thatcher

2

Iron Lady (orig. nickname for Margaret Thatcher)

1

Thacher; Thatcher; Thatcher, Margaret (1925-2013; British prime minister)

17

government management; state management

1

direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim

1

Lincolnshire

1

Grantham

1

middle class

1

plastic

2

Dannis; Deniss; Deniz; Dennis; Denys

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

2