to cause offence (offense); to create hard feelings
powdered; powdery; pulverized
baking soda; bicarbonate of soda; sodium bicarbonate
castella (type of sponge cake)
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
food; food products; foodstuffs
society; the world; the times
bread flour (high gluten); strong flour; hard flour
refining; purification; careful manufacture
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
another thing; exception; special case
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
method of cooking; way of cooking; cooking technique; recipe
foaming; frothing; lathering
to give directions; to issue instructions
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in