before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
after a long time; for the first time in a while
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
serious look (on one's face); straight face
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
for example; for instance; e.g.
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to begin to walk; to set out
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
bringing; taking; carrying
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still