development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
carving; engraving; chiselled features
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
second arrow; second move; second step
loading; charging; filling
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
to fall off; to tumble down
river; stream; River; the ... river
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
opposite side; other side; other party
large number (of); many; majority
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
succeeding; following; trailing; next
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry