(not) a soul; (not) a single person
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
space (room, area, outer space)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
small number; few; minority
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
at that time; in those days
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
classical elegance; antiquity
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars; yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
expression; presentation; representation; notation
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
to be impressed; to greatly admire
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle