oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
starvation; famine; hunger
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
village headman; village mayor
(United States of) America; USA
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
crops; agricultural produce
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
fertile; rich; productive
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
distress; wretched condition
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
man who brings the rain with him wherever he goes; man who is constantly unlucky with the weather
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price