in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
first person; self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself in the first person
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
offender; criminal; culprit
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
murder; killing; murderer
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
at that time; in those days
myself; yourself; I; me; you
novel; original; new; innovative
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
function; facility; faculty; feature
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
considerably; greatly; a lot
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong