pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
confections; sweets; candy; cake
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
secret menu; secret menu item
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to feel hungry; to get hungry
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
emergency food; emergency rations
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
decision; determination; resolution
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
eating only a little; having a small appetite
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking