recompense; indemnity; atonement
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
problematical statement; controversial statement
understood; I see; OK; present; here
program (e.g. TV); programme
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
otherwise; if not; or else
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
arrest; apprehension; capture
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
dry riverbed; river beach
innumerable; countless; numberless
blow; hit (on the body); beating
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar