to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
movie set; filming location
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
just past noon; afternoon
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
conical roof; peaked roof; pointed roof; spire
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
long-established; old-established; traditional
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
battlefield; battleground
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to rock; to shake; to swing
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
that's the way it is; such is life
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime