to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
failure; mistake; blunder
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
bet; wager; stake; gamble
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof