regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
serious; severe; grave; acute
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
death penalty; capital punishment
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
good contrast; marked contrast
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
reformatory; juvenile training school; reform school; youth detention center (centre)
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
to bear fruit; to take effect
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy