maintenance; preservation; improvement
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
divorce; dissolution of adoption
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
to need; to call for; to require
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to indicate; to show; to point to
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
not necessarily so; is not always true
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
all you want; as much as one wants
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
to subsist; to keep on living
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of