island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
conversely; on the contrary
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
but; however; even though; even if
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
another; different; something else
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to launch a surprise attack
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to be consistent; to be coherent
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to become pale; to turn pale
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to have a hard time of it
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely