common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to need; to call for; to require
coincident with; while; simultaneously
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
something like ...; something called ...
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to smash down; to beat in
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to fall on one's backside
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
royal capital; imperial capital
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
as if nothing had happened
originally; by nature; from the start
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to walk away; to saunter off
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
weight; heavyweight boxer
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
ringing; throbbing violently
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken