if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
at first; in the beginning; originally
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to show up; to appear; to turn up
already; now; no longer; not any more
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
place of residence; dwelling place
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
after that; afterwards; thereafter
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to be absorbed in reading
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage