ground barley; cracked barley
road for persons of high rank
Bourbon Dynasty (France, Spain, etc.)
Champs-Élysées (in Paris)
to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
tender-hearted; compassionate; charitable; good-hearted
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
that's too bad; too bad for you!
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
half-wit; fool; simpleton
toe; toe (of a golf club)
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to polish (by rubbing)
unprecedented; record-breaking
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!