to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
pretension; assumption (of a title)
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
(social) class; rank; grade
split; division; break up
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
populace; common run of men; worldly customs
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
common knowledge; well-known fact
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
government office; government agency
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
some people; a few people; several people
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
cornerstone; foundation stone