several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
control; management (e.g. of a business)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
construction; architecture (of buildings)
modern architecture; modernist architecture
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
richly colored; richly coloured
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
every year; yearly; annually
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
gaudy; showy; garish; loud
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
number one; first; best; most; game; round
street; quarter; district; area
road approaching a shrine
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
cabriolet (soft-top convertible)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
enterprise; business; company; corporation
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
to live; to reside; to inhabit