wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
at a loss for words; stumped for words
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
apologies for the crude food
to get one's head around; to think about
good (place to leave off); convenient
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end)
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to lie down; to throw oneself down
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to tighten; to press hard
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
man among men; manly man; alpha male
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups