front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
being dotted with; being scattered
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
heading; headline; index; headword
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
apartment building; housing complex
maintenance; preservation; improvement
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
land readjustment; town planning
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
blueprint; cyanotype; blueprint (for the future); plan
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
making (information) into a database; creating a database (from information); entering into a database
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy