duty; function; office; mission; task
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to trample; to crush underfoot
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
unseasonable; out of season
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
witnessing; observing; sighting
having said that; on the other hand
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
wintertime; winter season
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
such ... as; or some such
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be transparent; to show through
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
vague recollection; faint memory