to become excited; to grow lively
deserted village; poor village
having not the slightest idea
to have learning; to be educated
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
identifiable; personalized
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
enlightenment; instruction
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
nuclear fission; karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
chain reaction; nuclear chain reaction
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to order; to command; to appoint
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
basin (e.g. between mountains)
land reclamation (from sea)
channel; duct; passage; watercourse; flow channel
(navigable) canal; waterway
bank; weir; embankment; levee
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
point of departure; initial point; starting point
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)