to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
village; hamlet; settlement
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
possession; retention; maintenance
one end; an end; part; fragment
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
waste of time; killing time
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
to manage something successfully; to be successful
guess; conjecture; surmise
frequency (of occurrence)
friction; discord; strife
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to add (to); to add on; to append
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to lose sight of; to miss
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
individual; private person; personal; private
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)