to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
imagination; supposition; guess
negotiations; discussions; connection
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
based on; on the basis of
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
gang stalker; mass stalker; gang stalking; mass stalking
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
rapid development; rapid unfolding
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
deviation; departure; omission
general public; the masses
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)