string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible
target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
party venue; place for a party; banquet hall
excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
hey there; I say; see here
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
for a while; for some time; for a period
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
as a child; when one was a child
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
curse; spell; malediction
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life