shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
back of a leatherbound book
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
dry riverbed; river beach
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
maternity room; delivery room
first cry of a newborn baby
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
pieces; scraps; disconnected
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to become completely chilled
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
tightly; firmly; fast; sharply; keenly
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug