to begin (doing); to start (doing)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman
to have an eye on; to zero in on
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
business rival; professional jealousy
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
vigilante; member of a vigilante group
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
society; company; the public; the world
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
late at night; at a late hour
middle of the night; dead of night
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)