poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
surface of the earth; ground surface
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
radioactive contamination
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
possession of nuclear weapons
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
classified information; top secret
source of information; intelligence source; message source
power balance; balance of power
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
Commonwealth of Independent States; CIS
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
to smear with blood; to kill
Britain (island); Great Britain
leadership; initiative; spearhead
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
degree of dependence; dependency rate; reliance
desperately; for one's dear life
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to be forward; to be impertinent
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived