employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to keep a watchful eye on
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to take away; to carry off
agricultural land; farmland
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
interval; break; pause; spare moment
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
leg strength; walking ability; running ability
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
dry riverbed; river beach
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to start singing (of birds, etc.)
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
(not) enough; (in)sufficiently; (un)satisfactorily
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to become clear; to be made public