(someone else's) parents; both parents
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
blood vessel; blood relationship
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
one's own child; one's own children
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
stagnation; hindrance; delay
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
business; errand; nature of one's business
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
manners; behavior; behaviour
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste