function; facility; faculty; feature
temporary; transitory; short-lived
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
leader; authority; mainstay
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
person of high rank or position
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
people; men and women; each person; everybody
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
(death from) starvation; starving to death
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to claim victims; to leave casualties
(dead) body; corpse; remains
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
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
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
still; even now; to this day
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to try all possible means