(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
you said; he said; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
both (people); the two of them
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good