formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
approximate age; age range
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
close; intimate; on good terms
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
contradiction; inconsistency
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize someone (recognise); feigning ignorance; playing innocent
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
to have no chance (of succeeding)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front