house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
blizzard; furious snowstorm
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
in the meanwhile; during the time
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
hard worker; hardworking person
hello; good day; good afternoon
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to be found; to be discovered
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
sorry; excuse me; thank you
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous