to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
mining; digging; working (a mine)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to throw away; to abandon
long time; long interval; for quite some time
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
fertile; rich; productive
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to be found; to be discovered
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to be conspicuous; to stand out
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly