inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to relax; to feel at home
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
riding time; time spent aboard a bus, train etc.
few decades; many decades; several decades
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
process; course; mechanism
declaration; statement; assertion
in the end; at the end of the day
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
unimpressive; unimpressed
taming; gradual habituation; leading to