the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sympathy; compassion; pity
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
close; intimate; on good terms
rather; better; instead; if anything
ten; 10; ten years of age
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
personality; character; individuality; personhood
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
menial; meanness; servility; abject
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
environment; circumstance
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to speak ill of; to speak very disparagingly about; to speak very harshly about
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit