I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
such; this sort of; like this
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
completion; accomplishment; attainment of greatness or success
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
consideration; taking into account
rather; better; instead; if anything
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to palm off; to force a sale
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to be worried; to be troubled
any more; any further; any better; any longer
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)