to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
way; method; means; resource; course
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
clearing one's throat; cough
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
derailment; digression; deviation
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
second day of the month; two days
continuation; succession; series
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
distinction; differentiation; classification
adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to be too numerous; to be too much
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
thoroughly; through and through
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
descendant; posterity; offspring
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff