regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight; (relative) importance; gravity
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
in the end; at the end of the day
telephone number; phone number
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
welcome; (warm) reception
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
forcibly; by force; against one's will
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
don't worry about it; forget about it
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to slap; to strike; to spank
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
single-father household; motherless family
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to be worried; to be troubled
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
this occasion; at this time; now