detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
position; location; base; point; site
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
small number; few; minority
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
going through; going via; going by way of
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
rest; break; recess; intermission
to spread; to be propagated
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to be found; to be discovered
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration