one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
grudge; complaint; reproach
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
development; exploitation
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
orphan; person without friends
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
right in the midst of; right at the height of
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
odds and ends; all; every
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to mistake (A for B); to misread
hello; good day; good afternoon
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)