something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
assertion; declaration; affirmation
had better ...; had better not ...
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
now; the present time; just now; another; more
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
offender; criminal; culprit
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
clever; intelligent; bright; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
nothing but; except; no more than