summertime; summer season
to some extent; to a certain extent
equilibrium; good balance; poise
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
program (e.g. TV); programme
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
river; stream; River; the ... river
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
very great; enormous; serious
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
net news; network news; Usenet
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
transport; freight; shipping
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
giving (someone) a peek (of skin, underwear, etc.); giving a glimpse
different opinion; objection
seeing off and meeting on return