selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
number of persons; personnel
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
mountain road; mountain trail
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
one by one; in detail; minutely
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
last ray of hope; only hope
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
all (there is); as long as there is
chip; microchip; chip (in poker, roulette, etc.); casino token; chip (shot); (wood) chip
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement