loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
otherwise; or else; if not
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
delivery; issuance; handing over; granting
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
environmental maintenance; environmental improvement
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
decrease; reduction; decline
shopping centre; shopping center; mall
opening a business; opening a practice
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
at that time; in those days
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
joint sponsorship (of an event); cosponsorship; joint hosting
all sorts of; all kinds of
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly