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
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
chair; stool; post; office; position
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to check; to stop; to keep back
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
cooperation; collaboration
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
how; in what way; how about
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
thereupon; shortly thereafter
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
writing; composition; essay; sentence