painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
schedule; program; calendar
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
another helping; second helping; seconds; other paw!
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
nursing; caring for the sick; deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed
farming implement; farm tools
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
now that you say that; now that you mention it
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
long-awaited; much-awaited
main purpose; primary objective
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
home; household; family; hearth