investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
outside of; not covered by
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
incident; affair; happening; event
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
to be in complete attendance
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
coincident with; while; simultaneously
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner