mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
police officer; policeman; constable
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
lost child department; place to bring lost children to
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
name; given name; first name
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
it is not (like that) either
such ... as; or some such
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
selection; choice; option
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
don't you think?; indicates question
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist