to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
primary school; elementary school; grade school
... years old; age (of) ...
river; stream; River; the ... river
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
dry riverbed; river beach
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to mix; to stir; to blend
great shame; great disgrace; harsh humiliation; deep embarrassment; unbearable loss of face
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
big hit (with); great success; great reception; great popularity; catching on greatly
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time