cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
taste; palate; sense of taste
occasional; infrequent; rare
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to escape from; to get out
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
safety; welfare; well-being
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
it is not (like that) either
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
ability in the bedroom; art of lovemaking
to be hesitant; to feel timid
unbuttoning a collar; opening up (one's heart); open-necked shirt
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
comfort; consolation; diversion
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
slut; floozie; ho; bitch; witch; overbearing woman