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Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

universe; cosmos; space

5

than; from; out of; except; but; more

3

coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane

1

object; body; solid

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

39

over-all length; span

1

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

3

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

3

battleship

5

be; is

3

mankind; humanity

3

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

80

technology

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

36

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

37

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

3

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

6

alien (from another planet)

4

figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

5

extraterrestrial

1

intelligent life

1

existence; being

1

if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question

15

macrocosmos; macrocosm; the universe; the cosmos

1

battlefield; battleground

1

to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

1

fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

42

to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

4

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

8

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

1

was; were

2

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

2

cross-national

1

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

1

Earth; the globe

4

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

6

government; administration

2

establishment; founding; setting (a record)

1

fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)

3

restoration; repair; mending

4