November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
seventh day of the month; seven days
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
concealment; suppression; hiding
Antarctic Circle; the Antarctic
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
people; men and women; each person; everybody
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
scientific basis; scientific foundation; scientific grounds
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
continuation; succession; series
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
serious; severe; grave; acute
to affect; to impact; to influence
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to bring; to take; to bring about
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
simply; merely; only; solely
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
science fiction; sci-fi; SF