townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
shoulder (of a road); berm
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
here and there; in places
remains; corpse; (dead) body
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
construction; establishment
real estate agent; realtor
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
having said that; on the other hand
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
group; bunch; crowd; group
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
lawless area; lawless district
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
all one has; all one's possessions
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
ripped jeans; pre-ripped jeans; distressed jeans
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)