packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
(committee) chairman; president
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
ordinary citizen; the general public
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
second day of the month; two days
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
under examination; under test (e.g. device); on trial
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
intelligence operative; spy
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion