crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
weight; heavyweight boxer
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
living thing; living creature; animal; life
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
to be muddy; to be slushy
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
covered in mud; mud-caked
to break off with (e.g. one's lover); to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)
spring water; clear (pure) water
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
judgment; judgement; discernment
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to be a matter of life or death
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
either way; in any case; one way or another
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
way; method; means; resource; course
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to soften; to moderate; to relieve