to have a meal; to take a meal
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
convenience store lunch box
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
indicate reason; infers some protest
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
reopening; resumption; restarting
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
sincere; honest; faithful
just past noon; afternoon
styrofoam; styrene foam; expanded polystyrene
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
acrylic (esp. acrylic fibre, fiber)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
digression; many divergences
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
door; gate; opening; title page
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
self-assessment; self-evaluation; self-rating; self-esteem
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
reason; cause; circumstances