fried prawns; fried shrimp
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
distant look; faraway look
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
negative emotions; negative feelings
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
way; method; means; resource; course
to blow off; to be blown off
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
all companies; each company
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
plural; multiple; several
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)