rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
that day; the very same day
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
how; in what way; by what means
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
such; this sort of; like this
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
incident; affair; happening; event