to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
father; dad; husband; you; he
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
somebody who has wild fantasies; someone who hears voices; someone who is crazy
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
about; concerning; related to; -ish
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
appearing together; co-acting; co-starring
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
authenticity; credibility
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to thrust away; to send flying
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game