attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
country; territory; domain; realm
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
rampancy; prevalence; domination
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
consists of; comprises; is made up of
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
import; importation; introduction; afferent
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about