hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
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.
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
what kind of; what sort of; what
meaning; significance; sense
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
please (give me); please (do for me)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
junior high school student; middle school pupil
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!