creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
river; stream; River; the ... river
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
board-shaped; plank-shaped; sheet-shaped
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile
to be sooty; to be stained
personality; style; appearance
dilapidated house; deserted house
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
standing close together; bristling (with)
mulberry field; mulberry plantation
texture; grain; one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.); natural skin; surface of the earth; bare ground
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to play a leading role; to play a central part
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
south face; south side; facing south; ascending the throne; ruling (as emperor)
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
bonus; bounty; reward; compensation
of course; certainly; naturally
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to live; to make a living; to get on with
situated deep in the mountains
of tender years; very young
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
(lower) abdomen; hypogastrium; genitals; private parts
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to crush; to squash; to overpower; to beat; to crush
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre