bet; wager; stake; gamble
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to underrate; to make light of
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
if you do this; if this is the case
for your information; I'm telling you
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to flare up; to burst into flames
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
note (letter) left behind; will
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
absence; disregard; indifference
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind