with the exception of; excepting; excluding
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
dragon god; dragon king; naga
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to serve; to work for; to attend
soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to stiffen; to become stiff
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
originally; by nature; from the start
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to thrust before; to thrust at
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
considerably; fairly; quite
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
passenger; rider; good rider
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style