entreaty; supplication; petition
tenth day of the month; ten days
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
(United States of) America; USA
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to return to normal; to recover; to restore
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
household economy; family finances
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
manual piecework done at home
technique; art; skill; move
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people