favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
serious; severe; grave; acute
matter causing distress; something causing worry
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to grow in severity; to grow increasingly severe
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
large family; extended family
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging