focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
going down smoothly (esp. of beer); tasting good going down
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
then; and (then); in that case; if so
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to keep (a person) waiting
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while traveling (travelling); present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?