firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
bead or front sight of a firearm
right side; right-hand side
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
father; dad; husband; you; he
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
long ago; previous; of a former age
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe
netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
with a momentary flash of light
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
comparatively; relatively
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback