to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods
home area; home town; local
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to push and push; to keep pushing to the end
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
dilettante; person of fantastic taste
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
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)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to talk to oneself; to mutter
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
to apologize; to apologise
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
reconciliation; make peace with
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to lose sight of; to miss
route; way; course; directions
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
standard; set; routine; decided
cache; place to hide something
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion