positioning; getting a position; taking a position
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
amount of light; quantity of light
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
origin; source; beginning; starting point
extensive; vast range; wide scope
distortion; falsification; perversion
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
in accordance with; according to
other side; opposite side; other party
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
confusing set-up; puzzling method
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
with a click; with a snap
reinforcement; strengthening
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
both; both sides; both parties
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
patriarch; head of a family
stereoscopy; three-dimensional vision
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor