birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
ability to get things done
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
testimony; (verbal) evidence
(personal) background check
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
as if nothing had happened
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
day after day; day by day
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
a great variety of; diversity
eye for people; ability to judge character
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence