Vocabulary

Chicano

low-salt; low-sodium

low-salt soy sauce (containing around 13% salt)

low-salt soy sauce (containing less than 9% salt)

airtightness

seriously addicted online game junky

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

to die of embarrassment

one's second home; home away from home

(seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor)

cooking expert; culinary researcher

colic

friend who gives frank advice; critical friend

surface-mount device; SMD

(at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

featuring; feature

in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine

analytic hierarchy process; AHP

one-way mirror

red carpet

Air Force One

air brake; speedbrake

flying start

shelf space rent; shelf space fee

crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping

bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check

speedbrake; air brake

don't hasten into action when you have doubts

to repay meanness with kindness

incompatible; (going together) like oil and water

you can't catch the wind with a net

things that come together can also come apart; what may be joined may be separated

everything is preordained

to come alive (once again); to spring back into life; for flowers to blossom out of a fried bean

speech is silver, silence is golden

learn to crawl before you learn to walk; until you ride a horse, ride a cow

female company president; female CEO

Western saying; Western proverb

to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes

the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux