air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
as (for); for; in the capacity of
training; drill; practice; discipline
exposure to wind; severe criticism
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
memory; sense; experience
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
imbalance; proceeding irregularly; unsteady progress; limp; claudication
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate