outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
witnessing; observing; sighting
to happen to meet; to come across
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
apartment building; housing complex
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
population ageing (aging)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
town; city; municipal; urban
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
turning into a slum; becoming run-down; slumism; slumification
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
district; section; sector
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to be too numerous; to be too much
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
it's not like; it isn't as if
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander