salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
chief; main; principal; important
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
fertile; rich; productive
fourth day of the month; four days
cripple; disabled person; invalid
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
war; fighting; fierce competition
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
export; exportation; efferent
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
import; importation; introduction; afferent
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
blow; shock; strike; batting
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
northern country; northern provinces; northern regions; northland
going through; going via; going by way of
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
solution; solution strategy
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
port city; harbor city; harbour city
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
third day of the month; three days