investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to be found; to be discovered
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
decision; settlement; definition
several weeks; a few weeks
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
guess; speculation; supposition
region; limits; stage; level
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
other side; opposite side; other party
with these words; while saying
danger; peril; hazard; risk
unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unclassifiable; never dreamt of
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)