parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
that is to say; so that means
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
decision; determination; resolution
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
course; route; path; process; means
chief; main; principal; major
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to be found; to be discovered
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
nothing but; none other than
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
direct connection; direct link
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to leak down; to be omitted; to be missing
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
warrant; summons; written order
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time