service à la carte; single dish eaten by itself (without side dishes)
a considerable number; a fair number
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
frozen food; eating raw food; Chinese tradition of consuming only cold food on the 105th day after the winter solstice; 105th day after the winter solstice
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
memory; ability to remember
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
fried chicken with vinegar and tartar sauce
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
shellfish; seashell; shell
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
how many months?; how long?
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
item; commodity; list of articles
several types; several kinds; several species
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to find out; to discover; to locate
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board