to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to understand from experience
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
but; however; provided that
home area; home town; local
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
river; stream; River; the ... river
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
as far as the eye can see
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
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)
at that time; in those days