business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
place; situation; position; location
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to become desperate; to give in to despair
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
failure; mistake; blunder
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
working adult; full-fledged member of society
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
security guard; doorkeeper
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement