what a pity [or shame]

that's too bad

[I think] that's a shame [or pity] /it's a shame [or pity] that

it's [really] a pity [or a shame] [or too bad] that ...

it's a [real [or great]] pity [or shame] that ...

it's [just] too bad that ...

it's a shame [or pity] about sb/sth

to be too good for sb/sth

to think [or consider] oneself too good for sth/to not think [or consider] sth [to be] beneath one

to consider nothing [to be] beneath one

to take on anything

to scold sb dated [or form reprimand sb] [for sth/doing sth]

to tell sb off [for sth/doing sth]

to give sb a dressing-down inf

to nag [at] sb [for sth/doing sth]

to call sb sth

to scold sb dated

to tell sb off

to reprimand sb form

to give sb a dressing-down inf

to nag [at] sb

hard stuff inf [or liquor] sing

togs inf

warm clothes [or nsing clothing]

sb's things [or belongings] [or goods] [or inf stuff]

personal property [or chattels] [or movables] /immovables [or things immovable]

contributed item

derelict property

res nullius

in fact, I had imagined things differently

how did the house business turn out?

everything went wrong

things are looking good

that's a bit tricky [or bit of a problem]

that's another matter [or something else]

that's a matter of taste

it's a question of his origins

to be sb's affair [or business]

a lost cause

to be [all] settled [or a foregone conclusion]

on one's own behalf

to be a matter apart [or chapter in itself]

business matter

a good thing

a good cause

an unpleasant affair [or business]

for the love of it [or it's own sake]

in the matter of ...

there is still a lot to be done where the environment is concerned

in the case [of] [or form in re] Meier versus Müller

to hear/uphold/remit a case

to refer to the merits of the case

to be questioned [with regard to the matter itself]

factual situation

the matter so far is that ...

the thing is [that] ...

to keep to the point

to be beside the point

to be irrelevant

to not matter

to be sure of one's ground

to come to the point

he's doing well [or a good job]

it's up to [or it's for] the police to find the guilty person

to not do things by halves

to not deal in half-measures

to know what one is doing [or inf is about]

[what] you don't say?

don't be daft! inf

the things you do!

what's going on here?

you shouldn't do that

at 255 [kph [or inf kli[c]ks]]

to be concentrating

his mind was wandering

he didn't give his full attention to his homework

to make common cause with sb

[well] would you credit it?

isn't it amazing?

to be not everyone's cup of tea

to tell sb what's what inf

to put sb in the picture inf

come to the point