to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
taste; flavor; taste; liking
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
reaching; attaining; arrival
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
at that time; in those days
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to show (someone) out; to see (someone) off; to forward; to dispatch (goods); to push (one's opponent) out of the ring from behind
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
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.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become