scarab (Egyptian gemstone); scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabeus sacer)
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to be too late; to be too slow
to spit out; to eject; to dump
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to step forward; to volunteer
closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
floor below; floor downstairs
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
holiday trip; vacation trip
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
bodily sensation; sense; experience
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
tuft of hair under temple; sideburns; sidelocks
sense of beauty; aesthetic sense
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
secret; private; surreptitious
shah; former ruler of Iran
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to win favour; to win favor