poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to save; to leave over; to spare
to stop (plug) one's ears
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
right in the middle (of); midst; height
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
feigned; pretending (not to know)
with a snap; with a crack
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
audience; attendance; hearers
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others