trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
physical work; manual labour (labor)
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to write (prose, etc.); to compile (an anthology)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
with a start; with a jump
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
one revolution; one rotation
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
vast; limitless; boundless
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
submersion; inundation; being flooded
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)