I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
black-market lending; illegal loan
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
security for a loan; collateral
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)
to order; to command; to appoint
not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover