(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
government; administration; ministry
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
24 hours; twenty-four hours
surveillance system; monitoring system
2nd day of the month; two days
10th day of the month; ten days
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
observation; survey; watching
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
bioterrorism; biological terrorism
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
experiment; experimentation
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
circulation; dissemination
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
research; study; investigation
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
large conglomerate; large group of related companies
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)