dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
five (long cylindrical things)
one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
to be flexible; to be accommodating
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
distortion; falsification; perversion
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to cry and shout; to scream
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
throat; important part; vital area
with a collapse; with a slump
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
ultrahigh temperature; superhigh temperature; extreme heat
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
future; possible; potential; prospective
(exercising) the right to command
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety