each nation; many nations; many countries
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to grow in severity; to grow increasingly severe
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
dealing with; coping with
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
various countries; various regions; various provinces
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
and (also); both ... and; as well as
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
dozens; scores of; decades
consists of; comprises; is made up of
extermination; annihilation
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
southern part; the south (of a region)