nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to jar; to creak; to grate
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
relation; connection; affinity
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
last ray of hope; only hope
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
to come back; to bloom a second time
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
interference; meddling; butting in
without; but if; otherwise; or else
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
detour; circumvention; turning movement
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite