precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
conference room; place of assembly
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
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
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
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.
Estates General; States-General
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
national assembly (esp. France)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
beginning; outset; first; onset
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
guard; sentinel; garrison
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
Alan (member of an ancient Scythian people)
commencing with; including
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning