prospects of victory; chances of success
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
how; in what way; how about
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
by means of; due to; because of; according to
guess; conjecture; surmise
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
ability; capability; skill
genuine article; real thing; real deal
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
in comparison to; rather than
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to bail out (water); to scoop out
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
single word; a few words; brief comment