stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
great city; large city; metropolis
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
traffic conditions (e.g. heavy traffic); transportation situation (e.g. bad roads)
in the end; on top of that
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
(national) capital (city); metropolis
Hamburg steak; hamburger steak
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
active; dynamic; energetic
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
something like ...; something called ...
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(electric) telegraph; telegraphy; telegraphic communication; telegram
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
such ... as; or some such
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
moment by moment; hour by hour
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for