earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
to scrape off; to rub off
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
agricultural technology; farming techniques
to reminisce; to engage in a lively conversation; to discuss mutual interests
royalists; royalist faction
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
to maintain (preserve) peace
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
to extort (money); to blackmail
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to bite off; to gnaw through
dressing oneself; personal grooming
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
bronze or copper (color, colour)
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
wasteful person; spendthrift
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to rip out (and take); to tear out
apparent age (of someone); rough age
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable