adopter; adopting parent or parents; adoptive parent or parents; foster parent or parents
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
deadly serious; deadly earnest
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
meaning; significance; sense
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to grow up; to become an adult
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
thought; consideration; thinking
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
always-on connection (esp. to the Internet)
be (that) as it may; having said that
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking