meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
literature; books (reference); document
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad