several years; a few years
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to set up shop; to open a store
chef-owner; chef and owner
attaching too much importance to; placing disproportionate emphasis on; making too much of
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
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
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
to boost; to force up; to push up
youthful; young; young-looking
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)