upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
convenient; handy; useful
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to some extent; to a certain extent
retort (vessel used for distillation); retort (airtight vessel used to heat and sterilize canned or retort-pouch food)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; requesting a video review (of a referee's call)
just because; even if; even though
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
perfect; complete; flawless
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
being good at cooking; good cook
periodic; regular; routine
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that