cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
sleeping comfort or snugness
thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage
young girl; lass; adolescent female
to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
(someone else's) daughter
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
not caring; not giving a damn
letter; missive; note; mail
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
one's own handwriting; autograph
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow