poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
individual differences; personal equation
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
going around; patrol; round; tour
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
every person; each one; everybody
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law)
to make (someone) learn; to be accustomed to ...; to be used to ...; to always ...
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
half and half; fifty-fifty
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
each individual; each person
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental