carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
stage favorite; stage favourite; star
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
done; just done; just finished
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
orphan; person without friends
basket; basketball; basket cloth
back street; back alley; off-street
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
people; men and women; each person; everybody
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
place where one works; construction site; working area
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
feeling of alienation; sense of being excluded; feeling of estrangement
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
ten-year-old; ten year old
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since