cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
single word; a few words; brief comment
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
quick-witted; quick to understand
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
to relapse; to reassert; to review
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
use; utilization; utilisation; application
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
while; during (the time when)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first thing in the morning
government office; public office
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
only; merely; but; no more than
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy