clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to do over; to remake; to resume
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
several minutes; a few minutes
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
even if; even though; however; no matter how
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to become frayed; to become loose
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
long ago; already; a long time ago
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to discuss; to talk together