scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
contact; touch; contact lens
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
dogged persistence; determined pursuit; pushing forward
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
in a day; in a brief space of time
everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
expansion of domestic demand
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
as you see; as you can see
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
to be touching; to be moving
this occasion; at this time; now
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
at that (very) moment; just then
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); clip (from a video); video clip
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate