important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
boy; son; baby boy; young man
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
convention; tired tradition; old custom
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
value; worth; estimation; evaluation; bargain; good buy
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to go out and away; to leave
everybody; every last one of them; all
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
number one; first; best; most; game; round
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself