cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
river; stream; River; the ... river
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
(another's) daughter; young lady
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
picking herbs and wildflowers (esp. early spring)
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
(not) even with; (not) even using
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance