roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
opposite bank; farther shore
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
sound of the expulsion of soft matter mixed with water; diarrhea, etc. sounds; watery
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to take a view of
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
generation; lifetime; age
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent