necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
position; job; employment; opening
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
antsy; agitated; irritated; anxious; vexed
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
one's share; one's portion
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
to throw away; to abandon
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
men and women of all ages
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
ruffled (hair, brush bristles, etc.); unkempt; dishevelled; idling away time; dawdling; dilly-dallying
black rat (Rattus rattus); roof rat
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
orphan; person without friends
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
living together (with one more person)
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
number of times; frequency; count