firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to indicate; to show; to point to
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to bring back; to restore
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
interior; inside; internal
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
development; exploitation
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
it's probably so; it stands to reason
ability; performance; efficiency
in that way; like that; that way
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
such; like that; in that way
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
how much; how many; however
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future