whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
number of persons; personnel
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
official announcement; proclamation
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
occupation; calling; livelihood
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
megacity; city with over a million people
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
many; much; plenty; hardly
such ... as; or some such
town; city; municipal; urban
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
1,000,000; one million; million; many
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite