river; stream; River; the ... river
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
sandbank (in a river); sandbar
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
commerce; trade; business
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
bank; banking institution
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to be erected; to be built
(scenic) view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
water's edge; waterside; shore
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
dealing with; coping with
(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)
to be in order; to be organized; to be systematized
floor above; floor upstairs
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture