bet; wager; stake; gamble
chances of winning (a bet); odds
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
probability; likelihood; chances
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to collect; to assemble; to gather
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
class president; head class representative
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to some extent; to a certain extent
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
it's been a long time; long time no see
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
such ... as; or some such
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
verbal promise; one's word
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
literally; to the letter; literal
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)