period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
armaments; military preparations
pasture; grassland; meadow
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
relief measure; mitigation measure
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
one's share; one's portion
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
to send or direct a person to
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
sympathy; compassion; pity
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
commitment; pledge; promise
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
deadly disease; sickness unto death
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care