future; possible; potential; prospective
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
giving up farming for another profession
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
cold reception; inhospitality
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
entertainment; amusement; fun
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
unrecoverable; irreversible; irreparable
long ago; already; a long time ago
strong person; the strong; the powerful
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to give a true account; to give a graphic account
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
fertile; rich; productive
when looked at in that way
choices; alternatives; options
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
long (time that has passed); old (story)