after a long time; for the first time in a while
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
mental; spiritual; emotional
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
surroundings; environs; circumference
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
major powers of the world; great powers
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy