expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to bring back; to restore
chapter one; first chapter
main cause; primary factor
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
political situation; political affairs
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
government forces; loyalist army
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
personal grudge; personal enmity
principal (e.g. in a loan)
government service; the bureaucracy
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
orphan; child left by the deceased; abandoned child
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback