interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
scenery; scene; landscape
complete change; about-face
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
to compose; to put together
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to disappear; to cause to disappear; to get rid of; (of time) to pass; to while away
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
horizon (related to land)
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
school; school building; schoolhouse
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
several years; a few years
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
homeroom; form room; home run; human resources; heart rate; house of representatives
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to gather; to collect; to assemble
pupil; student; schoolchild
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)