to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
care; precaution; guarding; caution
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
foster child; adopted animal (e.g. pet)
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
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
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(in spite of) being old enough to know better
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to try and do something; to attempt to do something