reform; reformation; reorganization
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
even though; despite; when
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to be able to manage somehow or another
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
even if; even though; however; no matter how
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago