to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy
exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
cooking; food preparation
study; research; investigation
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
selection; choice; option
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
book; volume; this; present; main; head
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
such ... as; or some such
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
if so; in that case; in that situation
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely