nodding off (while sitting); dozing
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
river; stream; River; the ... river
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
board, plank or sheet shaped
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
to be sooty; to be stained
personality; style; appearance
dilapidated house; deserted house
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
standing close together; bristling (with)
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to play a leading role; to play a central part
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
south face; south side; the south; ascending the throne; ruling
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
bonus; bounty; reward; compensation
of course; certainly; naturally
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to live; to make a living; to get on with
situated deep in the mountains
of tender years; very young
to throw open; to leave open
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)
insertion; incorporation; infixing
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force