settlement; permanent residency
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
staying the night; lodging (at)
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to be blessed with children
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
amount of precipitation; precipitation
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
losses; deficit; amount in the red
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
decrease; reduction; decline
returning to profit; turnaround
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
infant; baby; little child
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; being hard pressed (for money); the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)
human resources; man-power resources