lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
reference materials; specimen for reference; reference item; specimen
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
ceaseless; constant; uninterrupted
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
Balkans; Balkan Peninsula
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
easy; simple; handy; quick; effortless
(not) even once; (not) ever
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also