lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
beforehand; in advance; previously
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
should; must; -able; probably; likely
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
opposite side; opposition
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
master; teacher; stable master
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to become possible; to become able to (do)
official in charge; person in charge
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
dream for the future; hopes for the future
future (usually near); prospects
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
proposal; proposition; suggestion
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
to be silent; to say nothing
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
declaration; proclamation; announcement
all present; all concerned; all of us
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose