to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
technical skill; ability; capacity
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
wherein; therein; thereinto
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
open-minded; receptive; free from preconceived ideas
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
to shake one's head (in denial)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
transport; transportation
progress; being under way