hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
arm; skill; efforts; ability
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
putting one's courage to the test
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to bring; to take; to bring about
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
history; pedigree; lineage
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
genuine; authentic; true; real
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
literally; to the letter; literal
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
very interesting; of great interest
program (e.g. TV); programme
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter