(past perfect marker)
it had been a long time, it was a long time since
entertaining guests, inviting guests
the time has come
to treat (pay for sb else)
it was too late
the time came to (do sth)
the die has been cast, there is no turning back
the time had come (to do sth)
has been used for almost 78 years
granted that
of course, assuming that
to have happened, have occurred, have taken place
even then
to press down heavily
waiting for the moon to come up
to command, control, restrain, repress, oppress
to crush
to bear, press (down), crush
sack, kit-bag
pacify
reveler, rake
unconcerned, indifferent to what going on about one
rather pretty
absent-minded
to bully, oppress, repress, tread on
wait for better times, be a fence sitter
to weigh heavily on one’s shoulders
to behave, treat
candle
lantern
(photographic) flash
flashlight
gas lamp
hurricane-lamp
fluorescent lamp
desk lamp, reading lamp
small kerosene lamp, kerosene lamp
lighthouse
flash-light
lamp, lantern
diode
oil lamp, paraffin lamp, kerosene lamp
spirit lamp, alcohol lamp
blowlamp
mantle lamp
wall sconce
decorative multi-colored lantern
wisdom (foresight, enlightenment) of higher level
lantern, bull’s eye lantern
hanging oil lamp
transistor
midnight oil
headlight, headlamp, floodlight
valve
neon lamp or tube
electric lamp, electric light
lamp and joss-stick, (fig) votive offerings
Chinese lantern
night-light, night-lamp, bedside lamp
dam, dike
motherfucker
to fuck
to be burdened with
to carry (person or thing) on a bicycle
neon light
red light
vile, mean
acetylene lamp, carbide lamp
be under the spell of (love)
base, mean, low
mean, base, vile
dykes and dyke-maintenance
decibel
abject, ignoble
the next night
small dyke surrounding a big one
night of sleep
strengthening dike
day and night
ignominious deed
tonight, that night
late at night, midnight
last night
night
dike
shelve a lawsuit
strike; to (be on, go on) strike
sleepless night
to stop production
Monday night
to stop, cease, suspend
to cease fire, stop fighting; truce, armistice
to suspend, stop publication
communal village house containing a shrine
pond
scrotum
top of mosquito netting