enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
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.)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
deadly serious; deadly earnest
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
to throw oneself (into an activity)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
by myself; in person; by oneself
gambling den; gambling house
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
winner-takes-all (system)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
that's the way it is; such is life
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...