crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
chopping board; cutting board
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to come back; to return; to recur
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to repeat; to do something over again
of course; certainly; naturally
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
patient's condition; pathology
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
riskiness; (level of) danger
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to