foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
how many people; a number of people
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
how much; how many; to what extent
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
long ago; a long time ago; already
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
choice; selection; option
to telephone; to make a phone call
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
admiration; being impressed (by)
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
health management; health maintenance; health care
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)