order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
A Tale of Two Cities (1859 novel by Charles Dickens)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
the first and second; a few
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
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
master; masterhand; maestro
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
by means of; due to; because of; according to
suddenly (rising to fame, etc.); instantly; immediately; one bound; one leap
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name