timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
living necessities; everyday commodities; daily commodities; everyday goods; subsistence goods
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
coastal waters; adjacent seas
uninhabited island; desert island
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
environment; surroundings; circumstances
locational advantage; advantageous position
to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth
absence; disregard; indifference
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
filtration; filtering; percolation
factory; plant; mill; workshop
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
water filtration plant; water purification plant
source of river; fountainhead
surface of the earth; ground surface
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
crops; agricultural produce
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
strategic resources; strategic materials
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
in proportion to; according to; depending on