to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
only recently; just of late
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
point in common; common feature
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
tenth day of the month; ten days
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to concern; to be related
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
this for sure; certainly is
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when