absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
such ... as; or some such
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
looking on; remaining a spectator
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
wherein; therein; thereinto
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
I see; that's right; indeed
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts