wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
vicious circle; vicious cycle
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
patriot devoted to the salvation of his country
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
proper; respectable; decent; honest