house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
unimpressive; unimpressed
taste; liking; preference
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to cease; to stop; to be over
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to repeat; to do over again
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
influence; effect; impact
video game (played on a home console)
personal computer; PC; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
game brain; damage to the prefrontal region of the brain caused by excessive playing of video games; theorized by physiologist Akio Mori
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan