condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
without; but if; otherwise; or else
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
going upstream; swimming upstream
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
coastal waters; adjacent seas
to have a protruding chin; to have a turned-up chin
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
roasting (e.g. of coffee)
cacao tree (Theobroma cacao); cocoa tree
plateau; tableland; eminence
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
freighter; cargo ship; carrier
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to comfort; to console; to amuse
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)