(exp) (my) breath caught
(it) took my breath away
(v1,vt) (1) to be swallowed up
to be engulfed
(2) to be overwhelmed
to be overawed
(n) bookmaking
(stock market) bucketing
(n) (quick or slow to) understand
(v5m,vt) (1) to gulp down
to swallow deeply
(2) to understand
to take in
to catch on to
to learn
to digest
(n) heavy drinker
tippler
(exp) big fish
great man
notorious man
(n) baby
suckling child
(exp) to pocket an insult
to choke back one's tears
(exp) to accept the conditions
(n) poor peasant or farmer
(n,vs) (drawing) hasty conclusions
(exp,v1) to be overwhelmed
to be overawed
(v5m) to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people
to possess a capacious mind
(exp,adj-no) breathtaking
(exp,adj-na) breathtaking
thrilling
(v5r) to make light of
to hold lightly
(exp) to gasp in or with surprise
(exp) (obsc) (of a legal system) so lax that even the greatest criminal can escape
