New England (US, Australia)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
imagination; supposition; guess
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
is something that; is that which
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to cease; to stop; to be over
moisture; humidity; dampness
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
along the river; riverside
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve
to squeeze out; to wring out
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way