to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
results; record; grades; marks
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
dream for the future; hopes for the future
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
secret; private; surreptitious
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in that way; thus; so; so?
now that you say that; now that you mention it
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
like; similar to; as with; in the same way