pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
helper; assistant; help; assistance
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
being very busy; busyness
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
chance; opportunity; occasion
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
to hide; to keep to oneself
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
visit (from someone); call
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
late at night; at a late hour
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
grade; class; degree; magnitude
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
message; informative matter
article to be delivered; present
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation