usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
(not) even once; (not) ever
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
troubled times; turbulent times
talented person; clever person
to keep away; to keep at a distance
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
great man; magnanimous man
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
coincident with; while; simultaneously
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
notice; attention; observation
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
new era; new period; new age; new epoch