baked pastry topped with a mix of custard and merengue
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
etc.; et cetera; and so on
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
high grade; special grade; classy
one grade; first-class; primary
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
population; number of items, articles, etc.
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
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)
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
custom; habit; customary practice
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
even if not; even without
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
posterity; future generations; future life
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
literal translation; direct translation
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
two times; twice; two degrees
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering