with a crack; with a tearing sound; with a ripping sound; stylish; smart; dapper
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
to hammer out the details; to work out details
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
delicately; weakly; gently; supplely
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
founder; originator; pioneer
(enjoying) tumultuous popularity
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
house across the street; neighbor across the street
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
delicacies; epicurean dishes
mille-feuille (type of pastry)
to yearn for; to pine for
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
remedy for a cold; cold medicine