rubbish heap; garbage dump
foreign enemy; outside invader
to tower over the surroundings
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
quick change (of costume); quick transformation; turning suddenly into; (sudden) metamorphosis
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
command; lead; generalship; leadership
lacking a plan; haphazard
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; (arch.) small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
turmoil; chaos; confusion
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
each; (arch.) you (plural)
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
fake; something false; sham; deception
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
reopening; resumption; restarting