reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
negative emotions; negative feelings
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
meaning; significance; sense
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
long ago; a long time ago; already
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
at a loss for words; stumped for words
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
settlement; solution; resolution
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible