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to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

to stare back at; to look back at

2

inside one's heart; in one's mind

4

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

3

movie; film

1

end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle

1

hazard

1

gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

7

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

2

zombie

2

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

4

town; city; municipal; urban

21

road; highway

2

tall building; high-rise building

1

standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)

2

modern city; modern town

1

all over; all over the place; everywhere

1

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

7

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

1

windowpane; window glass

1

damage

2

asphalt

1

to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy

1

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

1

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

4

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

2

signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name

1

essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)

1

signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal

1

to be found

6

reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete

1

commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory

1

traces; evidence

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

6

House of cards

1

bad taste

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

5

literature; books (reference); document

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

1

science

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

3

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

6

urban area; urban district

1

nostalgia; homesickness

1

how many; how old

1

crossing; intersection

3

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

5