favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
don't you think?; indicates question
wearing one's hair in braids
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
stealthily; secretly; in secret
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
surname; family name; last name
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
results; record; grades; marks
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past
long ago; a long time ago; already
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
commander; commanding officer; CO
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure