repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to telephone; to make a phone call
messenger; envoy; emissary
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
great hurry; great haste; rush
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
somehow; for some reason or other
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
order; command; directions; instructions
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to head home; to leave for home
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
proper; respectable; decent; honest
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously