to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
distress; wretched condition
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
document; official papers
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
(bank) balance; remainder
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
abundant harvest; bumper crop
terrible luck; very bad luck
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
income; receipts; revenue
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
increment; addition; (amount of) increase
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo