very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
hard struggle; strenuous effort
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
pasta machine; pasta maker
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
height (of body); stature
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to keep in mind; to memorize
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to peel; to skin; to pare
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to take a veneer off something
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
in the same way as; just like
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university