commander; commanding officer; CO
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
telecommunications; correspondence
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
outer space; void of space
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
water pistol; squirt gun; water gun
if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
unidentifiable; unidentified
every place; various places
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government)
free ride (e.g. on train)
preparatory phase; preparatory period
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into