1 straight (in a straight line)

2 continuously

3 always

4 from the beginning of ... up to ...

5 all along

1 in the same place

2 together

3 with

4 altogether (in total)

1 together

1 to recall

2 to think of

3 to call to mind

1 to originate

2 to initiate

3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)

4 to start

5 to propose sth (for the first time)

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved

2 many twists and turns to a story

3 one thing after another

1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)

1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)

2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline

3 to take a dive

1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder

1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)

2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality