restoration; repair; mending
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
pleasant feeling; good feeling
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
like this; this sort; this way
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
men and women of all ages
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
movie; film; motion picture
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
complexion; colour; color; blood red
the very image of health itself; picture of health