people; men and women; each person; everybody
same; similar; (just) like; equal
Island; insula; island; islet
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
transport; transportation
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
landing; alighting; touch down
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
river; stream; River; the ... river
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to unfold; to unroll; to open
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to take away; to carry away
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
pupil; student; schoolchild
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage