bet; wager; stake; gamble
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
crossly; angrily; strongly smelling; reeking
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
tearing (along a perforated edge); peeling off (a plastic film, sticker, etc.)
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
not caring; not giving a damn
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
and yet; though; when; in spite of
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
God; god; ace; king; superior person
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
failure; mistake; blunder
to manage something successfully; to be successful
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to be mad about; to be hooked on
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive