to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
diesel oil; gas oil; light oil
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
anthracite; smokeless coal
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
Great Depression (1929-1939)
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
mineral deposit; ore deposit
consequently; as a result
production output; number of goods manufactured
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite