prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
it's not like; it isn't as if
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
craftsman; skilled artisan
to temper thoroughly; to train well
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment