stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
honourable poverty; honorable poverty
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
opposite side; other side; other party
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
the whole creation; everything in heaven and earth
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
prosperous conditions; healthy economy
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
lament (song); elegy; dirge; Lamentations (book of the Bible)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
to get angry; to lose one's temper
absorption; suction; attraction
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
fragment; one of the group or party
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)