pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
happy memory; sweet memory
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
button (clothing); push-button
to pay the bill; to settle an account
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly