Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
history; pedigree; lineage
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
suggestive; pregnant (e.g. pregnant pause)
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
Yangon (Myanmar); Rangoon
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
supervised; under surveillance
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
important point; strategic position; key point
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
small fraction; small proportion
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
the same place; that place
manual transmission; MT; megaton; megatonne; magnetic tape; master tape; medical technologist
Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
lawless area; lawless district
clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
multiracial nation; multiethnic country