insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
personal; individual; private
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
rational; reasonable; logical
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
results (of a study or investigation)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
specialist journal; specialized magazine; specialised magazine
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
experiment; experimentation
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
very small fraction (of); very small proportion; very small part; tiny bit
in the future; another day; later
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
remark; statement; discourse
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus