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structure

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indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance

1

Soyuz (Russian spacecraft)

4

loveable; very likeable; like very much

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katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

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kanji; Chinese character

1

first step

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space station

4

hot spot

1

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

2

cold war; the Cold War

1

to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

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every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Organisation); NATO

5

onlooker; bystander

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to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

3

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

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leather

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to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes

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to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

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civilian

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to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

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imprisonment; incarceration

1

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

official name; formal name

1

private

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separation; farewell; parting

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militarism

3

rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

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successor

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Zhukov

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conventional weapon

3

this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

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to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring

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wartime regime; war footing

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military-industrial complex

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to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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the same age; same period

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(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

United States and Russia; US-Russian; Russian-American; Russo-American

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Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

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pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening

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civilian control (of the military)

4

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

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paradoxical

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nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

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to pray; to wish

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

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