taste; palate; sense of taste
All Seats Sold, Thank You; full house; sell-out crowd
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
to take away; to carry off
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
each and all; every single one; everybody
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
to be conspicuous; to stand out
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
individual; one by one; separate; each
scene; spectacle; sight; view
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
much less; to say nothing of
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
still; even now; to this day
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
bay laurel (Laurus nobilis); bay tree; sweet bay; laurel tree
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important