result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
failure; mistake; blunder
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
to employ; to hire; to charter
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
please; somehow or other; one way or another
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
to raise (hoist) a flag; to raise an army; to start a new business
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
fundraising; financing; cash flow
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
threatening letter; intimidating letter
anything and everything; just about everything
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)