system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
that day; the very same day
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
being dotted with; being scattered
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
minimum; at the very least
armaments; military preparations
foreign enemy; outside invader
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
eastern part; the east (of a region)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
health; healthy; sound; fit
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
intelligence; discernment
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
old furniture; curios; secondhand goods
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)