pair; the two; both persons; both things
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
butter rice; buttered rice
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
important point; point to make note of
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
(a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
opposite side; opposition
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
cooking class; cookery school
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour