day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
muffler (often fur); scarf; comforter
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
chilly; unpleasantly cold
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
refining; polishing (of rice)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
(United States of) America; USA
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
nice; likeable; desirable
assorted grains; cereals; millet
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to mix; to stir; to blend
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)