soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
rather; better; instead; if anything
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to be needed; to be wanted
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
serious; not joking; straight
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly