artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
improved version; variant (of a pathogen)
general; overall; across-the-board
naval port; naval station
Baikonur; Vikonul (Russia)
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
long ago; previous; of a former age
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
octopus pot; foxhole (in a battlefield); bubble; echo chamber
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
labor; labour; toil; hardship
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
upward adjustment; upward revision
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock