cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
now that; since; so long as; because
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
owner (esp. of a business)
inside of a store (restaurant, café, etc.); store interior; on the premises
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)