to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
perfect; complete; flawless
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
school building; schoolhouse
student accommodation; student dormitory
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
increase and decrease; fluctuation
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency