to gather; to collect; to assemble
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
cave-in (in a mine or tunnel); roof collapse; rockfall
water leakage; water leak
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
at that time; in those days
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
lawless area; lawless district
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
the front; honest; upright; decent
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to put someone to work; to make someone work
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
deep, threatening voice; menacing tone
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
horror film; horror movie
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
atonement (for one's sins); expiation; making amends; making up for (a misdeed)
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
just because; even if; even though
proposal; proposition; suggestion