{Ever since|Since|From the moment|When} Harry had {come|returned|arrived} {back|} home for {his|the} summer {holidays|vacation|break}, {Uncle Vernon had been treating him like a {ticking|} bomb that might {go off|explode|detonate} at any {moment|second|instant|time}|Harry had been treated by Uncle Vernon like a {ticking|} bomb that could {go off|explode|detonate} at any {moment|second|instant|time}}, because {Harry Potter {simply|just|certainly|} wasn't a {normal|regular|ordinary} boy|{normal|regular|ordinary} wasn't a word that described Harry Potter}. {As a matter of fact|In fact|The truth was|Truth be told}, {he was as {not normal|abnormal|unusual|extraordinary|different} as it {is|was} {humanly|} possible to be|it was {hardly|barely|scarcely} possible to be more {abnormal|unusual|extraordinary|different} than he was}.
{Ever since|Since|From the moment|When|After} Harry had {come|returned|arrived} {back|} home for {his|the} summer {holidays|vacation|break|holiday period}, {Uncle Vernon had been treating him like a {ticking|potential|} bomb that might {go off|explode|detonate} at any {moment|second|instant|time}|Harry had been treated by Uncle Vernon like a {ticking|potential|} bomb that could {go off|explode|detonate} at any {moment|second|instant|time}|Uncle Vernon's behavior suggested he thought Harry was a {ticking|potential|} bomb ready to {go off|explode|detonate} at any {moment|second|instant|time}}. {This was|The reason was|This happened} because {Harry Potter {simply|just|certainly|quite|} wasn't a {normal|regular|ordinary|typical} boy|{normal|regular|ordinary|typical} wasn't a word that {described|characterized|defined} Harry Potter|Harry Potter was far from being a {normal|regular|ordinary|typical} boy}. {As a matter of fact|In fact|The truth was|Truth be told|Indeed}, {he was as {not normal|abnormal|unusual|extraordinary|different|unique} as it {is|was} {humanly|} possible to be|it was {hardly|barely|scarcely} possible to be more {abnormal|unusual|extraordinary|different|unique} than he was|one would struggle to find someone less {normal|ordinary|regular} than Harry}.