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to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by

to contract; to undertake (a job)

structure; pattern; layout

to decorate; to adorn; sprinkled

to accord with; to conform to

to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth

wife's father, father-in-law

to go on a journey; to leave

to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on

(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger

blooming; in full flower

careful; thorough; meticulous

quick-witted; resourceful

if; supposing; in case

vegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet

spinning and weaving

ugly; repulsive

simple and crude

to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope

to grow; to cultivate; to train

to irrigate

wholesale; bulk trade; distribution

to express in words or writing; to make a speech (esp. short introduction, vote of thanks, afterword, funeral homily etc); to address (an audience)

rotten; decayed; decadent

difference; error; inaccuracy

ambiguous; vague; careless

marsh; swamp; wetlands

to distort; to misrepresent

sense of smell

admittedly (it's true that...)

lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means

to hire; to recruit

crutches; crutch; walking stick

mournful; miserable

metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)

to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly

to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement

to emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently

bias; deviation

in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.)

sincere; sincerity

to go hunting

to say goodbye; to take one's leave

to heed; to pay attention to

benefit; effectiveness; efficiency

to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify

to have a reunion

by chance; as chance would have it

sharp pointed end; the tip; the cusp

shell; conch; cowry