sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
Chinese violet cress (Orychophragmus violaceus)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
common fleabane; Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
Scutellaria indica (species of skullcap)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
colour; color; hue; tints
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
at first; in the beginning; originally
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
near; nearby; not far off
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
flash (of light); glint; schiller
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to burrow through; to dig through
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
underground; subterranean
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to become verminous; to be infested with insects; to begin to keep bad company; to have an (unfavorable, unfavourable) lover
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
cutting; planting (a cutting)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
several years; a few years
hard worker; hardworking person
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully