stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
vice; immorality; corruption
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
trattoria; small informal Italian restaurant
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
briskly; quickly; promptly
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
sparkling wine; spumante; mousseux
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink
cheap article; poor quality article
high grade; special grade; classy