storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
segment; slice; section; intercept
observation; survey; watching
low (level, value, price, etc.)
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
high magnification (telescope, etc.); high power
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
time; hour; season; time of the year
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
time; season; period; phase; stage
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
something like ...; something called ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops