chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
to push (something) against
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
person concerned; interested party; related party
small number; few; minority
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
national holiday; public holiday
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to dunk
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
to peel; to skin; to pare
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
having no money; lack of money