through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
program (e.g. TV); programme
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
coming to a head; coming to the surface; becoming an issue; breaking
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
because of; owing to; due to
to not believe one's ears
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
to have a talk; to tell a story
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
watchful waiting; careful supervision
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
probability; likelihood; chances
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
why; how; for what reason
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
sabotage; subversive activities
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
settlement; solution; resolution
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope