to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
match; game; bout; contest
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
kind; sort; species; species
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
chances of winning (a bet); odds
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
individual; private person; personal; natural person
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
bet; wager; stake; gamble
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
for example; for instance; e.g.
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself