the other day; a few days ago
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
seam ripper; ripper (bulldozer attachment); ripper (software); rip saw (machine); straight-line rip saw
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
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.
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
pair; the two; both persons; both things
unity; union; solidarity; combination; banding together; teaming up
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
one end; an end; part; fragment
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
existence; being; presence
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
arrest; apprehension; capture
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
by means of; due to; because of; according to
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation