1. dark, gloomy, murky
2. depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood)
3. dark (in colour), dull
4. ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious
5. unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising
6. unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
6. as (i.e. in the role of)
7. per, in, for, a (e.g. "once a month")
8. and, in addition to
9. if, although