to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
class meeting; classroom assembly
study group; study meeting
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
because of; owing to; due to
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to show up; to appear; to turn up
settlement; solution; resolution
to talk; to chat; to chatter
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
judge's sentence; assessment of a case
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
legally permitted speed; national speed limit
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; running a red light; jaywalking
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
place; room; margin; scope
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
unconditionally; as a rule
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
monetary; financial; pecuniary
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
pious men and women; religious people; the faithful
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
wide difference; a world of difference
look of death; shadow of death
heaven and earth; the universe; top and bottom; gods of heaven and earth
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting