to make an appeal; to urge
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
big man; large man; tall man; giant
to crouch; to squat; to cower
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to master something (through personal experience)
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
correction; revision; rectification
second offense; second offence; reoffending; recidivism
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
neat (personal appearance); tidy
former convict; old offender; ex-convict; person with a criminal record
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to have an idea; to have a clue
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
working adult; full-fledged member of society
trio; gang of three; threesome
gun; firearm; small arms (e.g. rifle, pistol, etc)
indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly
noisy; confused; uproarious