class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
8000; eight thousand; many
massing (of troops); gathering
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains
intermission (between acts); interlude
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
something like ...; something called ...
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
foreign enemy; outside invader
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
for example; for instance; e.g.
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
Formula One (form of motor racing); F1
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
eardrum; tympanic membrane