vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
basic mistake; careless mistake
10,000,000,000; ten billion
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
government (public policy) focusing on the construction of public (community) buildings
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
electronic media; digital media
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
giving up; quitting; surrendering
fruit grown near the root
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated