to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
sympathy; compassion; pity
delinquency; misdeed; misconduct; delinquent behavior
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to thrust down; to push off
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
offender; criminal; culprit
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
victim; injured party; sufferer
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
settlement out of court; private settlement
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
judge's sentence; assessment of a case
considerably; greatly; a lot
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state