user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
globally; on the global stage; on a worldwide level
empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
contemplative; meditative
to drain away; to sell off; to dispose of
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
alien (from another planet)
to correct oneself; to restate
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
strange; odd; queer; peculiar; weird
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
beginning; clue; starting point
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
surface of the earth; ground surface
scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
precision instrument or machine
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to ask a question; to ask questions
capture (esp. of a foreign vessel); seizure
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development
good-natured; of good character
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
homeworld; home planet; mother planet
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
invention; intelligent; clever; smart
one machine; one aircraft; one life
method of manipulating; management method; puppeteering