serious look (on one's face); straight face
agricultural community; farm village; rural
field (for growing wheat, fruit, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
weeding; weeder; weeding fork
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to be beneficial (to); to do (a person) good
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to shade an account; to add something extra
everything working out as desired
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
scale; scope; plan; structure
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
distribution map; distribution diagram
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
serious; severe; grave; acute
secrecy; highly classified information
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
many; much; plenty; hardly
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
distant look; faraway look
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
defense; defence; protection
safety; welfare; well-being
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS