predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
climate and natural features (of a region)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
custom; habit; customary practice
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
never mind!; don't worry about it
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
to be damaged; to receive damage
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
gentle; mild; meek; tender
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to keep a watchful eye on
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
price; cost; value; worth; value
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
abundant harvest; bumper crop
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to sell off; to sell completely
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to become decrepit and ugly with age