womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
food; food products; foodstuffs
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate; palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash