Briton; Englishman; (the) English
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
to popularize; to popularise; to give currency to; to set a trend
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
completely; entirely; totally
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to scrape off; to shave off
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
fine thread; fine yarn; filament
flat broke; cleaned out; penniless
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
successive generations; successive emperors
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
home economics; domestic science
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
obedience; submission; resignation
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to eliminate; to remove; to cast out
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
not yet known; unknown; strange
natural calamity; disaster