the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to feel oneself indebted to
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
in comparison to; rather than
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
in the same way as; just like