around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
if so; in that case; in that situation
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
solitude; loneliness; isolation
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
instead; but (on the other hand)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
field; plain; prairie; moor
relatively; comparatively
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
transfer; assignment; conveyance
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
scale; scope; plan; structure
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%