area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
electricity; (electric) light
corridor; hallway; passageway
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
rotten smell; putrid odor
room allocation; assignment of rooms
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
(right at the) side; just beside
to stiffen; to become stiff
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation