fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
a step; short distance; short time
two legs; two feet; two pairs
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
echo (esp. one reverberating in the mountains); mountain god; mountain guardian deity
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
minute adjustment; fine tuning
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
extermination; annihilation
it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
please; somehow or other; one way or another
strategy meeting; council of war
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
grotesque; disgusting; gross
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
enrollment in kindergarten; enrolment in nursery school; entering a park, garden, zoo, etc.
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
studying very hard; studying like mad
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school