tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer
in that manner; like that
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to crush (with the weight of misfortune)
putting into operation; invocation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
suffix for familiar person
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish