thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
evening meal; supper; dinner
fat; tallow; lard; grease
leadership skill; leadership ability
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
divide into four pieces; one fourth
to shirk one's responsibility
dullard; indecisive person
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to be injured; to sustain a wound
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
settlement for a dispute (esp. one caused by an affront or blunder); money paid to settle a dispute
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
to throw away; to abandon
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
condolence; regret; tribute; sorrow; sympathy; lament
rest in peace; requiescat in pace; RIP
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
volley of rifles at a funeral
to go by the rules; to observe the regulations
government office; government agency; authorities
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
(very) patient; persevering
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
sending; forwarding; shipping
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry