memories; recollections; reminiscence
opposite bank; farther shore
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
again; once more; a second time
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
that is to say; so that means
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
three kinds; three varieties
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
homecoming; returning home
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
finding employment; getting a job
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to throw oneself (into an activity)
decision; determination; resolution
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
working in the fields; working on a farm
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
consideration; taking into account
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful