flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
assertion; declaration; affirmation
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
battlefield; battleground
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
(by force of) circumstances
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
cannot be compared with; no match for
to overdo; to do too much
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
(turned out) all right in the end
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
lottery; tombola; drawing
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
to look away; to turn away
walking briskly; determinedly
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
advisory level; warning level
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics)
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together