flavour enhancer (e.g. monosodium glutamate); flavor enhancer
doing someone a disservice by showing too much partiality; overly favouring someone to their detriment
lucky person; fortunate man
restaurant (esp. in a hotel or inn); dining hall; dining room
to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to separate in thought; to consider as independent
land of everlasting summer
forfeiting a pawned item; unredeemed pledge; foreclosure
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
Melville (Canada); Melvil
to be famous; to be well-known
diverse arguments arising in great numbers
leisurely, post-meal use of a toothpick
eating like a dog; sloppy eating; (arch.) dog fighting
per person; per capita; per head
custom-made article; specially made article
people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable
nasal plug; wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
petty (minor) official (derogatory term)
ocean fish; saltwater fish
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
being circumscribed by one's own words and actions
winning number (e.g. in lottery); lucky number
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
conduit (pipe); water pipe
Canidae (family containing domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.)
to die; (lit.) to become earth
to throw down the gauntlet
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage