continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
precision equipment; delicate equipment
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
vulnerability; weakness; fragility; vulnerability; security hole
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
periodic; regular; routine
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
takeover (of a company, etc.); hijacking
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
application; application software; application; putting into use; application; request
troublesome; pain in the butt
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
versatility; multiplicity of use
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
intelligence agency; secret service
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
you; (arch.) your residence
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when