surroundings; environs; circumference
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
switching over to; migration; transition
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
decline; fall; decay; withering
meeting place; assembly hall
waste of time; killing time
to degenerate; to lapse into
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
sign; indication; omen; symptom
everywhere; at every turn
proletariat; lower classes
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
clear; precise; definite; distinct
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
the literary world; literary circles
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
cafeteria; snack bar; lunch counter
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed