astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
major earthquake; large earthquake
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to live; to reside; to inhabit
motherland; fatherland; native country
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
how many years; how long; what year
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
core; core; hardcore; all-out
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
secrecy; highly classified information
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
inland districts; inland areas
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
uninhabited island; desert island
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
filtration; filtering; percolation
foreign matter; impurities
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart