art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
escaping from prison; breaking out of prison; jailbreak; jailbreaking (a smartphone, video game console, etc.)
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
story; tale; talk; discussion
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape (by force); sexual assault
stress relief; getting rid of stress
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to break the silence; to break one's silence
being too late; losing one's final chance
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to give offense; to get on someone's nerves; to displease
later on; eventually; afterwards
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work