to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
surmisal; hypothesis; speculation; conjecture; supposition
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
the very best; excellent; superb
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
betrayal; defection; treachery; apostasy
promising; hopeful; full of promise
celebration; congratulation
Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki; Chinese table cuisine
condor (incl. other New World vultures of family Cathartidae); Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
maintaining contact (with); keeping in contact (with); keeping in touch (with); introducing (unacquainted people); getting acquainted (with one another)
to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
it's not like; it isn't as if
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
wheat flour; flour made using wheat imported from America
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
folding book; folded sections of a book
ongoing; in progress; afoot
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to seem ...; to look ...; to appear ...; to feel ...; to behave like ...
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
parting ways after a quarrel
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew