parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
main cause; primary factor
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming