high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
office hours; business hours; working hours
long ago; a long time ago; already
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
passing through without stopping; passing by
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
compensating; making up for; supplementation
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
nonfulfillment of a contract; contractual non-performance; breach of contract
offender; transgressor; violator
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba