to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
than; from; out of; except; but; more
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
mysterious thief; phantom thief
tail; tael (Chinese unit of mass and currency); tailcoat; tails
(police) detective; criminal matter
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
adds force or indicates command
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
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
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); film classic
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of