material (data) for one's research; research material
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
powerful person; influential person
federation; federal state; United States of America
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
for the present; for the time being
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
developed country; advanced country
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
person killed in action; the war dead
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion; 10^12
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
existence; being; life; survival
much less; to say nothing of
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
bit; bit (of a drill, screwdriver, etc.)
right and wrong; good and evil
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
error; fumble that leads to failing to put out a runner
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen; let nature take its course
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day