disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
every year; yearly; annually
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
100,000; hundred thousand
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
discovery; detection; finding
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
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
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
tendency; trend; inclination
woman; female; feminine gender
periodic; regular; routine
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
at that time; in those days
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances