war funds; war expenditures; military spending
liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
unbroken; endless; continuous
cold district; northern district
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
to laugh scornfully; to sneer at
posterity; future generations
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
precious stone; jewel; gem
change; alteration; modification
assorted grains; cereals; millet
back street; back alley; slums
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
for many days; for several days
national holiday; festival day
pasture; grassland; meadow
river management; river improvement; flood control
commercial value; commodity value; marketability
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)