inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
on and after; from ... onward; since
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to fall off; to tumble down
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
new building; new construction
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
destruction; collapse; crumbling
defense; defence; defensive preparations
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
serious wound; serious injury
hair (on the head); (a) hair
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
but; however; although; though
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; taking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
starting point; starting line
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily