expectation; anticipation; forecast
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
local specialty; special product (of a region)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
medical cream; ointment; salve; liniment
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
freckle; lentigo; ephelis; (arch.) buckwheat chaff
prevention; protection (against); precaution
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
transactions; dealings; business
raw materials; ingredient
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
what kind of; what sort of; what
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
memory; sense; experience
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
else; in addition; besides
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets