Vocabulary

casually

all sorts of things; (anything and) everything

for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

anything; whatever

this and that; one thing or another

some other time (again); one of these days; before long

any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)

(not) one

time and time again; many times; a number of times

in various ways

uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

before one knows; unnoticed; unawares

some time ago; the other day; at some time or other; once

before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

how long?; till when?

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

at any time; at any moment

aimlessly

somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely

how far; to what extent; up to what point

several times; once or twice

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

eternally; interminably

as was expected; sure enough

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

scrambling; falling over each other; striving to be first

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously

crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly

certainly; really; truly; indeed

surely; certainly

comparatively; quite; rather

luckily; fortunately

sadly; tragically

as if; as though; just like; much as; exactly like; as it were

(bind) firmly