fixed interval; fixed period
regulars; regular soldiers
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
communism; Communist Party
cost of social security; social welfare spending
odds and ends; all; every
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
container (e.g. shipping); skip
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
box; box-shape; cube-type
irregular employment; atypical employment
factory; plant; mill; workshop
home builder (esp. large nationwide company)
cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
to take out a loan; to get a loan
palatial residence; stately mansion
custom-built home; built-to-order house
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
apartment building; housing complex
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
food and clothing; livelihood; living; to feed and clothe
unsanitary condition; lack of hygienic care; inattention to hygiene; unhygienic conditions
education or school expenses
word game; wordplay; playing with words
change; alteration; modification
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
multistoried; multilayered
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to have foresight; to be farsighted; to be nimble-witted