hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
decrease; reduction; decline
around the world; throughout the world
owner; possessor; holder; carrier
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to collect; to assemble; to gather
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
members; member; constituent
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
economic strength; economic power; economic might
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
base; basis; bedrock; platform
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to become clear; to be made public
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; ESCAP
job application form; employee satisfaction
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
producer; grower; maker; producer (in a food chain)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
international; diplomatic intercourse
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
non-governmental organization; NGO
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
opposing (something) to (another); contrast; contraposition; antithesis; counterposing