to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to run around; to bustle about
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
somehow; for some reason or other
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
unidentifiable; unidentified
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
base (military, expedition, etc.)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
immune strength; immunity
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
questioning (e.g. by police)