tumultuous (with everyone voicing their opinions simultaneously); uproarious
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
bhava (becoming, existence)
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
without reservation; freely; frankly
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to kidnap; to abduct; to force to go to (e.g. an event)
to put on airs; to assume importance
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to have an uneasy conscience
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
abundant (grain) crop; good harvest
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave