favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to report; to inform; to repay; to return; to requite
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
payment (to the government, authorities, etc.); land tax (often paid in rice); tribute
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
out of focus; off the point
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
seasoning; flavour; flavor
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)