plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
every year; yearly; annually
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
to rebuild; to reconstruct
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
already; now; no longer; not any more
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
riparian works; flood-control works
frequency (of occurrence)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
the past is the past; let bygones be bygones
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly