city conditions; municipal census
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
ancient character (esp. Chinese); ancient writing
official announcement; proclamation
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
Cornish; Cornysh; Cornyshe
someone who battles on in difficult circumstances
scam; con trick; con-man; fraudster; flirt; player
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
biased view (biassed); prejudice; one-sided view
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to be mature and kind; to be well-balanced; to be a good person
long johns; long underpants; long underwear
barque (three-masted sailing ship); bark; barc; bark (of a tree, etc.)
security for a loan; collateral
coronavirus crisis; COVID-19 calamity
sense of being the chosen people
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
bed with frame made of pipes
to be mentally fatigued; to tired to the bone
being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself
to cover up with something
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
my husband; one's family; family member
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
to rumble; to thunder; to roll about (people, large objects); to wander about without a fixed workplace, home, etc.; to hang around; to loiter
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
extension and structural alteration of building
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
in the ministry; in the department