study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
Niangniang; Chinese goddess
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
with a pop; with a squish; grainy; crunchy; bubble wrap; small grains
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
thickly; stickily; viscously
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
several varieties; several kinds; several species
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
how can (one) do something
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to become possible; to become able to (do)