answering machine; answerphone
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
toxic parent; parent who interferes excessively in their children's lives
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
roadway; road; carriageway
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
guess; speculation; supposition
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
since; henceforth; ever since
instability; insecurity; crankiness
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
why; how; for what reason
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm