land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
chief; main; principal; major
enterprise; business; company; corporation
all companies; each company
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
control; management (e.g. of a business)
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
truth is stranger than fiction
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
huge rock; firmness; solidity
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
mail; postal matter; postal item
censorship; inspection; examination
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
stamp; sticker (in messaging apps); (large) emoji
nothing special; nothing significant; not a problem
(how) many times; (how) often
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to forget completely; to leave behind
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
groundless rumor (rumour)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to dry up completely; to become stale
to remove; to move out of the way
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household