• to betoken, to purport to be sg, to spell, to spell, spelt
• to foreshow, foreshowed, foreshown, to foretoken
• to go sick, to report sick
• the book ran into five edition
• to give sy a flying start
• to bear hard on sy, to come hard on sy
• published at my expense
• to be a great expense to sy
• his knowledge of English is a great asset to him
• his knowledge of English is a great asset to him
• heavy, important, leading, momentous, notable, of high account, of some account, outstanding, pregnant, purposeful, remarkable, signal, significant
• account, denotation, despatch, dispatch, meaning, purport, report, sense, significance, signification