to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
time; hour; period; class
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
equality; impartiality; evenness
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
giving; provision; furnishing
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
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
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
older employee who does not have much actual work
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
reason; cause; circumstances
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
something like ...; something called ...
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.
to search for; to seek for; to look for
boy; son; baby boy; young man
story; tale; talk; discussion
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
than; from; out of; except; but; more
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand