happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
pointing out; identification
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
oppression; suppression; pressure
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
general; popular; common; typical
wide difference; a world of difference
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
side effect; adverse reaction
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
recovery; rescue; recapture
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
proposal; proposition; suggestion
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
twice; again; second time
intelligence gathering; information gathering
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
(police) detective; criminal matter