fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
while; during (the time when)
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual