book; volume; this; present; main; head
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
top hundred; hundred best
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
living by oneself; living alone
boy; son; baby boy; young man
charming; fascinating; attractive
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
being good at cooking; good cook
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
suffix for familiar person
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness