10,000,000,000; ten billion
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
care of; at the household of (when addressing letter, etc.); c-o
wide difference; a world of difference
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to refer to; to use as reference
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to have a reason; to have an excuse
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
wherein; therein; thereinto
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to become decrepit and ugly with age
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of