to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
verbal message; word (from someone)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
parental love or affection
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
calculated; premeditated; considered
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
final; eventual; ultimate
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
chief (of police); head (of office)
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
bravery; courage; heroism
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just