to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
millions; several million; a few million
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
utilization of water; water supply; irrigation; water transportation; navigability (e.g. of a river)
neighboring village; neighbouring village
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
little something; reward; tip
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to entwine; to follow about
self-determination; suicide
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
genius; brilliance; unusual talent; gifted person; person of unusual talent
(having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
to be used to calling (someone by a certain name)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to scrape off; to plane off
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut