foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
price increase; rise in price
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
death from prostration; death from emaciation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
monetary; financial; pecuniary
restoration; restitution; rehabilitation
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
circulation; dissemination
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
either way; in any case; one way or another
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
soldier; combatant; warrior
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
betting ticket with a payout of at least 100 times