to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to be able to manage somehow or other
to lose contact with (someone); to stop communication with; to go missing; to disappear
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to have a talk; to tell a story
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
telephone number; phone number
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
as expected; as predicted
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
portable terminal; mobile device; handset