while; even though; despite
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to face; to go towards; to head towards
threat; intimidation; menace
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
noninterference; nonintervention
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
wealthy person; millionaire
mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus); (arch.) partridge (of genus Perdix)
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
catch in one's hands; seizure
shoal; wide shallow beach