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practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill

2

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

2

unanimity

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

3

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

attitude control

1

shaking (e.g. a container); milkshake; shake

1

depot ship; mother ship

1

deadly poison

2

to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords

2

intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

progress; development

2

calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful

1

thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting

1

very much; very many; more and more

1

answer respectively agreement or disagreement

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

water (hydraulic) pressure

1

universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent

1

coward; dastard

1

vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

2

rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

1

naturalization; naturalisation

1

very careful; thoroughly prepared

1

to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens

18

Athens (Greece)

7

through a wall; on the other side of a wall

2

mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly

1

little bit

1

abstention; nonintervention; noninterference

3

section; cross section; profile

2

solid (body); solid matter; solid food

1

distant peals (thunder); distant roar (sea)

1

water level

1

stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)

1

overture; prelude

1

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

1

rikka; formal style of ikebana

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1

nature's beauty (cool breeze and bright moon)

2

freezing; freezing over

1

fumes from an explosion

2

your opinion

1

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

1

one month

1

mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp

1