average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
anything and everything; just about everything
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
no exception; without exception; always the same
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
stairs; stairway; staircase
to face on; to look out on to
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
abuse; misuse; perversion
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
way (of doing); manner; method; means
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
world; society; people; the public
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
therefore; for that reason; such being the case