to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
serious; severe; grave; acute
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
scarlet; crimson; cardinal red
water plant; aquatic plant; waterweed; hydrophyte
shortage of stock; scarcity of goods; being in short supply
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
endemic disease; local disease
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
several people; a few people
don't you think?; indicates question
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area
area; region; district; locality
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
prophylactic (drug); preventive medicine