Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
study; research; investigation
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
beginning; outset; first; onset
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
one day; (on) a certain day
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
degradation over time; time-related deterioration
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
simply put; putting it simply; in short
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
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
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
gem; jewel; precious stone