agricultural land; farmland
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
next term; next period; next version; next release
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
entire world; whole world; world stage
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
tendency; trend; inclination
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
as a child; when one was a child
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
starvation; famine; hunger
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
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
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
strength; power; proficiency; ability
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally