The French Revolution took place in the late 1700s / in the late 18th century.
= in the eighteenth century

10⁹ 
10¹²

wear, wore, worn

a dessert
It never snows in the Sahara Desert.

to desert = to leave or to abandon e.g. military service without leave

64-year-old Erja- = 64-vuotias Erja

in the 1990s = 1990-luvulla
in the early 1990s = 1990-luvun alkupuolella
in the mid-1990s = 1990-luvun keskivaiheilla
in the late 1990s = 1990-luvun loppupuolella

thrive, thrived, thrived
thrive, throve, thriven

a thriving business

MAAn monta vastinetta: dirt - soil - ground - land - earth

pride oneself on s-g = ylpeillä jstkn
He prided himself on his achievements.

gallon = 3,79 l

dispose of s-g = get rid of s-g
disposal (n.) 

deplete (v.)
the ozone depletion = otsonikatu

amiss = väärin
asleep
awake
ashamed: I was ashamed of my behaviour.
afraid: Are you afraid of death?
aghast 
ajar: The door was ajar.
ablaze = being on fire
afloat

tainted = contaminated = polluted

uloste: excrement = foeces = feces = dung = manure = poop = stool

dye: She dyed her hair.
die: She died of cancer.
He is dying of cancer.
She is dyeing her hair.

simmer = brew = hautoa; hauduttaa
ferment (v.) = käydä