company expenses; at company expense
chicken broth; chicken soup
rumor; rumour; gossip; speculation; irresponsible criticism; hearsay
Italian food; Italian cooking
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue
with a great deal of effort; laboriously
dodgy dealings; monkey business
to be set up (completely); to be put together; to be composed (e.g. type)
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.
(plain) hot water; boiled water
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
naturalization; naturalisation
without omission; in full
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
beautiful; good; excellent
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
overanxiety; needless worry
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
restaurant with only set meals
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
all things in nature; the whole creation
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance