simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
on the occasion of; at the time of
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
other; another; over; more than; I; me
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to relax; to feel at home
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
guard; sentinel; garrison
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
fabrication; lie; fiction
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do