to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
sour look; surly face; pout
exactly as stated; verbatim
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
dodgy dealings; monkey business
in this way; thus; such; uh...
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
to view the past with nostalgia
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
self-deprecating; self-mocking
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
(not) even once; (not) ever
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation