to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
Great Fire of London (1666)
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
to melt together; to blend together
flash of lightning; urgent telegram; express telegraph
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
anyone; any person; whoever
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
entering the capital; entering Tokyo
heavy damage; havoc; ravages
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
intense; violent; severe; vehement
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
maintenance; preservation; improvement
evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper
death and injury; being killed or injured
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
casualties; the killed and wounded
person affected by a disaster; afflicted person; victim; sufferer; survivor
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness