club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
heavy damage; havoc; ravages
calamity; disaster; catastrophe
to unfold; to unroll; to open
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
-less; lacking; non-existing
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
principal occupation; core business
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous