institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
originally; by nature; from the start
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
product; produce; result; fruit
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
land near a castle; castle town
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
that day; the very same day
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
family; relatives; dependents; household
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
finding employment; getting a job
final; eventual; ultimate