cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
apologies for the crude food
modesty; humility; being humble
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
holy moly; holy cow; whoa; wow
to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
in the face of; in defiance of
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
Minister of War (Zhou-dynasty China)
strength of the brush stroke; power of the pen; ability to write
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
stale; hackneyed; cliched
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation