Meanings

joint military exercise

paperwork

merit (ability, efficiency) rating

de facto marriage

event horizon

Battle of Khalkhin Gol (1939)

hijacking

work opening

Murder on the Orient Express (1934 detective novel by Agatha Christie)

inter-location

fire aboard ship

worried look

Japan International Cooperation Agency (1974)

money talks

taking up a new line of work

personnel management

for the first time

workaholic

contemplation of phenomena

advance reservation