stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
chicken meat; fowl; poultry; bird meat
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
sublime; noble; high-minded
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
until now; so far; up to the present
though; notwithstanding; although
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to make a fist; to clench one's fist