cold district; northern district
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
archipelago; group of islands
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
wages; pay; rental payment
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
armaments; military preparations
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
even more; still more; further
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
throwaway; disposable; single-use
outside of; not covered by
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
dividing line; demarcation line
to become settled; to be fixed
is never the case; has never happened
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
undeveloped (countries); backward; unentered
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
each nation; many nations; many countries
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
world economy; international economy