Vocabulary
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to present a very terrible (miserable) sight
to reach the summit
to nail a crosspiece (to)
to calculate; to divine
to amass a fortune
to exile a criminal
to build a fortune
to sit on a cushion
one's desk-side book
the oppressed; downtrodden people
to have a qualification (for)
to hold a ceremony
to formularize (a theory); to formularise
to provide with funds; to fund; to advance some capital; to furnish with funds
to be assiduous in one's business
to get to work
to be fit for work
to finish the work
to finish one's work
to quit one's job; to resign
irresistible force
to revive the dead
unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
low spirits; depressed heart
events on the street
to straighten oneself
natural tendency; natural course of events; force of circumstances
soft and pleasant on the tongue
more generously for the lower-paid
lower floor
downstairs room
to stick out one's tongue
to forfeit a pawned article
flames of jealousy
to answer a question
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to leave one's name; to cement one's name (e.g. in history); to make a lasting mark
to bring (a book) into the world; to publish
to fight to the last (death)
to decline to pay; to refuse payment