to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
the tip of an edged instrument; sharp words; vicious character
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
armaments; military preparations
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
(United States of) America; USA
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
construction; establishment
to rewrite; to adapt (e.g. a novel)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
several minutes; a few minutes
tank (military vehicle); chariot
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union
how many people; a number of people
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
now; the present time; just now; another; more
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one