cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to whine; to make feeble complaints
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to make merry; to be festive
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
light brown; golden brown; tan
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
to thrust before; to thrust at
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)