poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to find out; to discover; to locate
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
surveillance camera; security camera
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
enterprise; business; company; corporation
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
financial muscle; economic clout
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to entertain; to make welcome
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to be transparent; to show through
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead