cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
how many people; a number of people
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
just one person; only one
thought; consideration; thinking
interruption; suspension; break
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wooden building; wooden architecture
after construction; after building; since construction
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
book; volume; this; present; main; head
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
with all one's strength; with all one's might
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
construction; establishment
heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
terrain; geographical features; topography
observation; survey; watching
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
construction; architecture (of buildings)