why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
soft and lacking firmness; weak; weak-willed; spineless; weak (market); bearish
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
(some) more; even more; longer; further
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
such ... as; or some such
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
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.)
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
they; those guys; those fellows
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid