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 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
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
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 ...
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)
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
telephone number; phone number
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
as expected; as predicted
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
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
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
alphanumeric character; letters (of the English alphabet) and numbers
address; address; email address; addressing (the ball)
cancellation of a contract
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
actor; actress; player; performer
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
civil affairs; civil case
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor; assailant; offender; at-fault party (e.g. in an accident)
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark