person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
orphan; person without friends
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to stiffen; to become stiff
one by one; one after another; successively
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
need; want; necessity; costs; expenses
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
wedding ring; wedding band
while; even though; despite