5th day of the month; five days
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
to telephone; to make a phone call
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
National Security Council; NSC; Nuclear Safety Commission; NSC
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
telecommunications; correspondence
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
two equal parts; exactly two parts
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
section; cross section; profile
to be found; to be discovered
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
using all one's strength; using all one's might
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on