warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
such; like that; that sort of; very
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
in this way; thus; such; uh...
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
scenery; scene; landscape
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to overdo; to do too much
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
river; stream; River; the ... river
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
here and there; in places
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
should; must; -able; probably; likely
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)