responsibility; duty; obligation
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
material for experiments; experimental material
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
every person; each one; everybody
aspect; phase; condition; modality
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
free-loader; hanger-on; parasite; house guest
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
Earth globe (model); terrestrial globe
messy; confused; chaotic; in a nagging manner; (complaining) about various things
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal
various foods cooked together; hodgepodge; hotchpotch; mulligan stew
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
projector (film, slide, etc.)
to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
(scrutinizing) carefully; (examining) thoroughly; (looking at) closely
emphasis; stress; main point; point of a lever where force is applied
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit upon their 100th birthday
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
leaving something where it is; abandoning something
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode