beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
area; region; district; locality
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to name; to call; to christen; to term
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
vitality; (one's) life force
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
each locality; each place; each region
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
plants and animals; flora and fauna
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
not yet known; unknown; strange
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
beginning; outset; first; onset
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally