truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
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.
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
minivan; people-mover; 6-8 seat automobile with sliding door or doors
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
false news; canard; fabricated news story; misinformation; fake news
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
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
article; news story; report; account
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
island in a pond or river
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo