cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
(the) way home; return trip; (the) way back
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
helper; assistant; help; assistance
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
phantom; vision; illusion
of course; certainly; naturally
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
use; utilization; utilisation; application
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
at that time; in those days
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff