to begin to rain; to begin to snow
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
in comparison to; rather than
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
uninhabited island; desert island
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be silent; to say nothing
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
shumai; shaomai; steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize