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last ray of hope; only hope

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trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

3

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

factory; plant; mill; workshop

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

not worth considering; out of the question

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

3

ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

2

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

1

rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

1

large meal; large meals

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

1

smut

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rapeseed; coleseed

1

countless; incalculable

3

free (of charge); gratuitous

5

charity; benevolence; philanthropy

1

lecture

8

having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

1

refusing to see a visitor

1

private (establishment)

1

standard; basis; principle

3

using money as a weapon; power of money

1

power; authority

1

overcrowded; congested

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

1

hearsay; learning by hearsay

1

each; every

1

crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel

6

impartiality; fair play

1

deep place; depths; depth; profundity

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

6

scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit

1

starvation

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

3

8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

2

intention; aim; design

1

isn't it?; it really is

2

to grow old

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

3

end of a line (of writing); line break

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