obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
study group; study meeting
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
changing completely; transformation
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
digression; many divergences
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
control of the air; air supremacy
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
... and eastward; east of
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
difficult to ...; hard to ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back