practical question (problem); practical matter
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to be dead; to be lifeless
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to pick up; to find; to gather
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
overestimation; overvaluing
society; the world; the times
to not take seriously; to take lightly
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
incident; affair; happening; event
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
self-consciousness; self-awareness
when it becomes; when it comes to
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
in this way; thus; such; uh...
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
ago; since; before; previous
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
excursion; field trip; school trip
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing