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to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

3

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

3

infancy; childhood; tender age

2

slum

1

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

1

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else

2

hostility; antagonism; opposition

2

to help each other; to cooperate

1

to crowd; to flock; to swarm

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

(of a woman) strong-minded; spirited; mannish

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

1

cruelty; hard-heartedness

1

wear; abrasion

1

innate goodness of man

1

to abandon (ship)

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

to die; to lay down life's burden

1

baby

1

beggar; begging

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

4

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

2

to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive

1

merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

2

to save money

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

gang; gangster

1

dispute; resistance

1

funeral

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

2

epidemic

1

poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

1

to trust to luck

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

8

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

2

meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up

2

store; reserve; stock; savings

1

disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

1

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

3

one month

2

release; liberation; acquittal

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time

1