color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
stone; bijou; trinket; stone (unit of weight: 14lb); curling stone; curling rock
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
main purpose; primary objective
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
at first; in the beginning; originally
to recover (one's) costs; to break even; to pay off (e.g. hard work); to be worth the effort
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
whispering into a person's ear
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
unceasing; never-ending; endless
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
Rio; Rio de Janeiro (abbr)
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
came here; coming here; recently
characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour