at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
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
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
victim; injured party; sufferer
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
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 determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
court (of law); courtroom
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as