few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
stealthily; secretly; in secret
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
motherland; fatherland; native country
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
small number; few; minority
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
village headman; village mayor
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to throw away; to abandon
process; course; mechanism
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
periodic; regular; routine
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)