with a friendly grin; smilingly
to look around; to look towards (us)
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese green pheasant
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
too (much); overly; excessively
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
regret; repentance; remorse
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
import; importation; introduction; afferent
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
directly opposite; right in front
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to put into the mouth; to eat
to become keen on; to get passionate about
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor