raisins; currants; dried grapes
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
earnestly; immediately; exactly
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to one's delight; to one's joy
milk powder; baby formula; infant formula; formula
comparatively; relatively
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to await; to wait for; to expect
once in a while; occasionally; at long intervals
to get between; to be caught in
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
(small) stone; rock; piece of stone
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to be burned out (of one's home)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
stirring; rousing oneself
to become better; to improve
all but dead; half killed
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
how much; how many; however
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to walk away; to walk off
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack