• ...Watson, come! The game is ___
• 'The game is ___'
• 'The game is ___': Sherlock Holmes
• Astir
• Astir, or walking
• Begun, as a game
• Brewing
• Currently in progress
• Evident
• Get ___ in the door (make initial progress): 2 wds.
• Going on
• Going on in the vicinity
• Going on, to Sherlock
• Happening
• Happening now
• He's got about ___ left for par (golf announcer's line)
• In motion
• In operation
• In process
• In progress, to Holmes
• In progress, to Sherlock
• In the offing
• In the works
• Like Holmes's game
• Like Sherlock Holmes' game?
• Like skullduggery, perhaps
• Like the game, to Holmes
• Like the game, to Sherlock
• Like the game, to Sherlock Holmes
• Not on horseback
• On the horizon
• On the move
• On the move, as game
• On the prowl
• Progressing
• Started
• Stirring
• Taking place now
• The game is ___ (Holmes quote)
• The game is ___ (Holmes)
• The game is ___ (in progress)
• The game is ___! (Sherlock Holmes line)
• Under way
• Under way, as a game
• Under way, to Sherlock Holmes
• Underway, to Sherlock
• Via shank's mare
• Walking
• What Sherlock said the game was
• What the game is, to Holmes
• What the game is, to Sherlock
• What the game may be
• What the game was to Sherlock
• You must have grown ___!
to set smth. afoot - пустить что-л. в ход, привести что-л. в действие
to set afoot an inquiry - начать расследование
there is mischief afoot - что-то затевается
1. в движении, в действии
to set smth. ~ - пустить что-л. в ход, привести что-л. в действие
to set ~ an inquiry - начать расследование
2. в процессе подготовки (обыкн. о плохом)
there is mischief ~ - что-то затевается
3. 1) пешком
2) воен. в походе
to be afoot гото́виться, затева́ться