article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)
household economy; family finances
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
match (to light fire with)
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
difficult problem; challenge
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to torment; to harass; to tease
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
justice; fairness; impartiality
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
(linguistic) competence; language capability
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
ending up right back where one started
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up
super-sweet; sickly-sweet; overly kind; overly soft (on someone)