roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
one grade; first-class; primary
(police) detective; criminal matter
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
guardian; protector; patron; parent
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
(in the) same house; (under the) same roof
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
to relate to; to connect with
head over heels; madly (in love)
(someone else's) parents; both parents
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
eye measurement; measure with eye
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
social meeting place; watering hole
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
parent-child relationship
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate