duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
neutral fat; neutral lipid; triglyceride
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet
beggar; sty (on the eyelid)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
all at once (usu. of payment); at one go
personal attack; personal denunciation
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
subcenter (of a large city) (subcentre); urban subcenter
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
wonton (Chinese dumpling); won ton; wantan; wanton; wuntun
British made; made in Britain
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
financing company; credit firm
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
barium (Ba); barium sulfate suspension
hotel in the center of the city
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
anaconda (esp. the green anaconda, Eunectes murinus)
finally; in the end; on top of all that
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
Japanese ginger (Zingiber mioga)