favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
Holy City (e.g. Jerusalem, Mecca)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to relax; to feel at home
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
cake or snack served with tea
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
confections; sweets; candy; cake
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
taste; palate; sense of taste
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
financier (type of pastry)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing