to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
recompense; indemnity; atonement
advance payment; money paid in advance
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
eastern office (esp. police); eastern department
juvenile division (police); juvenile section
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
bad girl; juvenile delinquent
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to begin some form of lifestyle
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
patient; unhurried; leisurely
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
guardian; protector; patron; parent
guidance; protective custody
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
temporary retirement; suspension from office
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh