actual profit; practical use; benefit
decision; judgment; resolution
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
as is habit; the way life normally is
death penalty; capital punishment
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
serious crime; grave crime
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to ask a high price; to overcharge
comparatively high; fairly expensive
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
future; possible; potential; prospective
patient; having a long fuse
capital; funds; seed money; asset
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
increase (in an amount of money)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
net content (e.g. on food packaging)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
gray zone; grey zone; gray area