town; city; municipal; urban
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
inn town; post town; post-station town
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
bedside; near one's pillow
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
8000; eight thousand; many
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
two grains; two drops; two bead
two days later; day after next; next day but one
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)