to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
outward appearance; apparent
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
detour; circumvention; turning movement
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
opposite bank; farther shore
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
bathing (swimming) in cold water
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
wherein; therein; thereinto
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
charming; fascinating; attractive
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to cause someone to worry
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to apologize; to apologise
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
thicket; coppice; brushwood
go that far; to that extent