poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
after a long time; for the first time in a while
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
so; like this; in this way
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
considerably; fairly; quite
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
way of eating; how to eat
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
woman; female; feminine gender
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
around the world; throughout the world
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case