ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
town; city; municipal; urban
tall building; high-rise building
standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
bad taste; poor taste; gaudiness; nastiness; nasty behaviour; perverse disposition
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
literature; books (reference); document
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
urban area; urban district
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
valley; ravine; cleavage (of breasts); part or place that has been left behind; blind spot
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
again; once again; yet again
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton