delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to like; to love; to be fond of
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to pick up; to find; to gather
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
is something that; is that which
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
to get between; to be caught in
that is to say; so that means
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
smallish; on the small side
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
carrying (on one's person); taking with one
emergency; crisis; imminent danger; Vulnerable (conservation status); VU
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
too much; excessively; too
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over