acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to greedily try to win big (e.g. in mahjong); to swipe; to nick; to pilfer
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
down jacket; quilted down coat
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
to relax; to feel at home
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
cream puff shell; choux pastry
to grill again; to rehash
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to happen to hear; to overhear
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to seethe; to ferment; to boil over
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical