one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to talk to oneself; to mutter
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
height of summer; hottest part of summer
people; men and women; each person; everybody
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
festival; feast; carnival
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
remarkable; striking; obvious
sour look; surly face; pout
single word; a few words; brief comment
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
literally; to the letter; literal
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
second day of the month; two days
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to run a shop; to have a shop
street stall; stand; booth
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish