whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
much less; to say nothing of
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to look around; to survey
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go past; to pass; to pass by
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
locational advantage; advantageous position
name; given name; first name
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
antiquity; the previous era
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
all people; everybody; ten thousand people