correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
time; season; period; phase; stage
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
intensification; aggravation
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
Krymskii Polustrov (peninsula); Crimean Peninsula
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
airborne early-warning system; AWACS
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
China and Russia; Sino-Russian
national border; provincial border
military force; military strength
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
of course; certainly; naturally
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
thousands; several thousand
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
how long; how much; to what extent
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with