Vocabulary

pincers; nippers; pliers

to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to screw up

to be twisted

to stagger; to stumble

accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

crying; weeping

orichalcum

individual match; single game

team competition; team game

here and there; in places

lesbian

cholesteatoma; pearl tumor; pearl tumour

numerical aperture (in photography)

cot; bunk

hand-held snow shovel; snow scoop

tent

Rus' (medieval state in Eastern Europe)

software infrastructure; underlying software

empowerment

enforcement

catch-up

grand design

globalization; globalisation

task force; taskforce

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

bread and circuses

to hurry (someone to do); to hasten; to urge; to press; to rush

left behind (for later use)

Gabon

Gabonese Republic

Hawaiian Islands

Haiti

Haiti (island)

Republic of Haiti

Guyana

Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Republic of The Gambia

Republic of Ghana

French Guiana