trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
way; method; means; resource; course
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to some extent; to a certain extent
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
it is I who should say so
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
too much; excessively; too
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
principle; theory; fundamental truth
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation