meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to find out; to discover; to locate
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
tradition; legend; folklore
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
destruction; collapse; crumbling
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
possible; likely; probable
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to be found; to be discovered
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
long ago; once upon a time
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly