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 originate

2 to initiate

3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)

4 to start

5 to propose sth (for the first time)

1 to rise

2 to raise

3 to get up

4 to set out

5 to start

6 to appear

7 to launch

8 to initiate (action)

9 to draft

10 to establish

11 to get (from a depot or counter)

12 verb suffix, to start

13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)

14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance

15 classifier for groups: batch, group

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. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)

1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)