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 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
apparent age (of someone); rough age
(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
terminus; terminal; end edge
collection of short stories; collected short stories
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable