watering hole; watering place
long; drawn-out; very long
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to arrest; to capture; to seize
degeneration; retrogression
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
action; operation; effect; function
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to shine in (light); to illuminate
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
to be perturbed; to be agitated
quite; utterly; really; completely
dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
difficult to ...; hard to ...
way one walks; one's walk
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
in terms of; from the point of view of
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
general mobilization; general mobilisation
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
river; stream; River; the ... river
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant