negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to rebuild; to reconstruct
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
good times; boom; (wave of) prosperity
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
great war; great battle; world war
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
property; fortune; assets
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
such ... as; or some such
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
reconstruction funds; reconstruction money
wherein; therein; thereinto
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include