shop; small store; business; firm
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
pass (e.g. backstage pass)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
party-internal; within the party