to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
by myself; in person; by oneself
police; police officer; police station
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to face on; to look out on to
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
witnessing; observing; sighting
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
impossible; unlikely; improbable
long ago; already; a long time ago
to feel; to sense; to experience
capable of anything; liable to do
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
after school (at the end of the day)
when it becomes; when it comes to
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily