hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
willpower; energy; vitality
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
paste; glue; clothing starch
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
future years; in (one's) later years
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
hidden treasure; treasured article
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
three kinds; three varieties
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
-less; lacking; non-existing
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to be nearing death; to be dying
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
reduced scale; scaling down
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)