tradition; legend; folklore
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
sunshine; dry weather; luster; lustre
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
tenement house; row house
to be busy at work; to work diligently
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
light from outside; natural light
board (across a ditch, etc.); step; tread; pedal (of an organ, etc.); treadle
instead; but (on the other hand)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
vacant or unoccupied room
neighbouring house; neighboring house
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
general (variety) store (shop)
library; book collection; paperback book
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
and (also); both ... and; as well as
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
to strip and leave clothes lying around
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
to begin to read; to leaf through a book
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
voluminous (hair, clothing, etc.); hearty (meal); filling; bulky; full
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline