one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
needy circumstances; living in poverty
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
amount of money; sum of money
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
income; receipts; revenue
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
difficult to ...; hard to ...
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
at least; at most; (even) just
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to some extent; to a certain extent
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference