not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
No Entry!; no thoroughfare; passage prohibited; entry is prohibited
regular customer; general audience; general public
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
to head home; to leave for home
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (awarded for scholarly or artistic achievement)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
address; address; email address; addressing (the ball)
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to become inverted; to become reversed
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing
to claim victims; to leave casualties
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
light meal; snack; refreshments
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
distinction; discrimination
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
thinking little of one's family
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
a long, long time ago; very long ago