amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
millions; several million; a few million
productive; constructive; meaningful
reading through (a book); finishing (a book)
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to prevent; to take precautions
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
national traits or character; nationality
permanent; perpetual; lasting
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
colonization; colonisation
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
agricultural administration
one large ...; a great ...
change; transformation; inversion
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
working in the fields; working on a farm
carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may
to go along; to walk along; to follow
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
muddy water; red-light district
plank of a bridge; bridge plank