to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
the way back; the way home; return trip
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
intelligence or information network
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
absence; disregard; indifference
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to be able to manage somehow or another
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
quiet; still; surreptitious