practicality; utility; usefulness
unmanned probe (vessel, spacecraft, etc.)
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
magic; sorcery; incantation
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
provincial dialect; local accent
pronunciation; production of sound
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
research thesis; treatise
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
land, sea, and air; army, navy and air force
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to have a bitter experience
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
nature of business; business operations
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
reduction; diminution; abatement
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
profitable plan; good plan
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
recovering of trust; winning back of trust
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
those present; attendance
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
taxpayers' (precious) money; hard-earned tax money; heavy tax; conscription; compulsory military service