cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
contrived; false-sounding
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
reconciliation; make peace with
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
reality; actuality; hard fact
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
how many times; how often
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once