1.   In some spots, villagers were building cinder-block houses, a sturdy if ugly improvement over their flimsy bamboo shacks.

2.   Is that villager friendly or unfriendly?

3.   Most villagers are peasant farmers.

4.   The villagers are all keen to preserve local traditions.

5.   The villagers are anxious that their local school is kept open.

6.   The villagers were peasants and small-scale farmers who lived a semi-subsistence existence.

7.   The villagers were powerless against the rising flood water.

8.   Villagers are proud and fortunate to be living here in this peaceful little village, surrounded by beautiful countryside.

9.   The villagers were really quite unfriendly towards us.