restoration; repair; mending
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
(carved) statue; sculpture
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
large amount of money; great cost
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
found article; thing picked up (e.g. in the street); (lucky) find; piece of good luck; windfall
to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
sham battle; mock battle; dry run; military exercise; war game
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of