cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
rice and curry; curry rice
sweet flavour; sweet flavor; flattery; stupidity
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
the place for; the time for; the level of
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to use up all one's strength
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to rise; to erect; to get up
cheerfully; spiritedly; vigorously; lively
living thing; organism; creature; biology
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
(printed) instructions; manual; explanatory leaflet (pamphlet, note); description
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
registration; accession; register; entry; record
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to telephone; to make a phone call
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head