to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
massing (of troops); gathering
feeling; sense; impression
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to like; to love; to be fond of
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
general; popular; common; typical
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
poor physical health; bad shape
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
100,000,000; one hundred million
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
master; teacher; stable master
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
cold bath; taking a cold bath
to throw into; to dump in together
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently