what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
bravery; courage; heroism
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.
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
working adult; full-fledged member of society
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
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
now; the present time; just now; another; more
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about