empirical; from experience
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
expiry date (esp. on food); expiration date; use-by date
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
young girl; lass; adolescent female
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
matter of time; question of time
(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
central government office; head office; this office
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
extra-curricular activities; special activities
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
completely; fully; entirely
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)
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
chief; main; principal; important
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
(computer) console; single console for multiple diving gauges
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
kitchen; financial situation
deep inside; innermost place