another family; another house
to compete with; to vie for
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
underestimation; undervaluation
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
cave; cavern; den; grotto
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one
win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
young master; son of a high-ranking person
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
subordinate work; assistant; servant
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
position; job; employment; opening
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
when one door is shut, another is open; the world is as kind as it is cruel
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
head over heels; headlong; head first
equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result
successively; one after another
setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
archeologist; archaeologist
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
Tetris-type game; falling-blocks game
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
sharply; harshly; stingingly
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank