to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
worthy opponent; good match for someone; well-matched adversary
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to count on one's fingers
obscure; vague; ambiguous
format; procedure; way of proceeding
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; without haste; calmly
agricultural experiment station
cooking practice; (school) cooking class
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
trying out a pen; test-writing
black line; linea nigra; pregnancy line
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
to walk one's legs off; to walk until one's legs feel like lead; to walk to the point of exhaustion
for many days; for several days
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
not limited to; not just ...
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
spare time; free time; leisure
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk