development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
level; standard; water level
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
death rate; mortality rate
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
to stick it out (until the end)
internal conditions; true state of affairs
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
traitor (to one's country); quisling
small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
objection; dissent; protest
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
capacity; volume; capacitance
smallish; on the small side
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
acquaintance; appreciative friend
war; fighting; fierce competition
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
non-recoverable; unrecoverable; irreparable; irreversible; irretrievable