to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
one thin flat object; one sheet
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to fall on one's backside
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
in succession; one by one
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to bawl; to cry; to scream
double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
disorder; disturbance; unrest
depending on; dependent on
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
heir; inheritor; successor
to close (one's eyes); to shut
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
being about to cry; the verge of tears
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
settlement; solution; resolution