considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
difference; discrepancy; variation
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
eruption; volcanic eruption
mass of rock; rock lump; block
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
section; cross section; profile
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
hunting ground; hunting preserve
snow leopard (Panthera uncia); ounce
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely