cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
considerably; greatly; a lot
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
transfer; assignment; conveyance
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to send for (doctor, etc.)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to go crazy; to go off one's head
to give rein to (imagination)
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
health; healthy; sound; fit
go that far; to that extent
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival