to come to a halt	to stop
to be at stake	to be at risk
meticulous	attentive to details
to flare	to make sth shine without flames
to flicker	to keep going on and off
to tide sb over	to help sb to survive a difficult period in his life
to seek refuge	to look for a place to hide
solace	sth that gives comfort and relief
to stamp one's authority	to make others treat you like an authority
to be faced with	to have to deal with
recurrence	repetition
to resume	to begin sth once again after stopping
in that	because
in view of	considering
to scrimp and save	to try to live on a small amount of money
to scour	to remove dirt by scrubbing
to scravenge	to search through waste for sth that can be used
to wind up	to close
sombre	dull, dark
indignation	an instance of being angry, confused because of some injustice suffered
notwithstanding	despite
to set up	to establish
to set out to do sth	to start
to set off	to go on a journey