soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
paella (Spanish rice dish)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to become settled; to be fixed
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
accurate; correct; precise; exact
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
main or important road; influential or important position; the authorities
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
(how) many times; (how) often
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
mobile home; trailer house; house trailer
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
handrail; railing; banister
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)