century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
regional cuisine; local cuisine
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
to forget completely; to leave behind
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
amount left over; remaining portion
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh
daily food; regular diet; staple food
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
psychic trauma; psychological trauma
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
living thing; living creature; animal; life
nothing but; except; no more than
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
hickey; hickie; love bite; kiss mark; lipstick mark
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(looking) very bleak; having dim prospects
gain; profit; benefit; amplification
self-conscious; self-aware
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant