marshland; wetland; swampland
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
village headman; village mayor
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
considerably; greatly; a lot
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
head of the student council; president of the student council
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
but; however; provided that
decoration; ornament; trimmings
meaning; significance; sense
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
name; given name; first name
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
in the background; not standing out
the other day; a few days ago
resignation (from a position)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!