cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
here and there; everywhere
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
very popular; highly favoured
to put into the mouth; to eat
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
meat soup; bouillon; juices (from grilled meat); gravy
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
seasoning; flavour; flavor
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
when it becomes; when it comes to
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise