large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
Orion (constellation); the Hunter
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
surface of the earth; ground surface
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
to combine; to join together; to join up; to dovetail together
manned; occupied; piloted
landing; alighting; touch down
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
difficult to ...; hard to ...
alien (from another planet)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
beyond imagination; unimaginable
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
one's principles and position
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
a little bit; a little while
in that manner; like that
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent