circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
company; corporation; workplace
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
being very busy; busyness
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
individual; private person; personal; private
one's house; one's home; one's family
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
three; three years of age
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
common people; ordinary people; masses
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
automatic; intransitive verb
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
blouson; jacket gathered at the waist
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
police officer; policeman; policewoman
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
power of the state; government authority
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor