doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
goodness; excellence; virtue
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
entreaty; supplication; petition
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
distant land; remote country; province far from the capital
to live; to reside; to inhabit
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
dilapidated house; deserted house
old house; deserted house
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
unwanted child; shunned child
approximate age; age range
the same generation; coeval
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
old clothes; secondhand clothing
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste