lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
fertile; rich; productive
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
group; bunch; crowd; group
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
gently and clearly shining (like the sun in springtime)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
to tower over the surroundings
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
shop; small store; business; firm
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
commerce; trade; business
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
(your, his, her) daughter
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to look around; to survey
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine