question; inquiry; enquiry
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
you (plural); all of you; you all
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
foster parent; foster parents; (pet) caretaker
official regulations; inner rules
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
orphan; person without friends
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
breath; breathing; tone; mood
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
re-examination; reinspection; retest
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion