destruction; collapse; crumbling
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to be photographed; to be projected
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
after that; afterwards; thereafter
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to be fated to; be linked by fate
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
tension; mental strain; nervousness
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
arrest; apprehension; capture