disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
straight course; straight-way; a straight
fee; charge; rate; material
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
this (very thing); this precisely
dry riverbed; river beach
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
along the river; riverside
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death
high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
moving about; stirring about
(being) over capacity; overloading; overbooking
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)