it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
property; fortune; assets
to sell off; to sell completely
to take flight; to disappear
selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute); selling out (to a competitor); selling off
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
such; this sort of; like this
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
throwaway; disposable; single-use
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
departure; leaving; setting off
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
night air; stillness of night; cool evening