literary fragment; interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
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.)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
public agency; public institution
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 take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
crime syndicate; criminal syndicate
inside; interior; inner part
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
area; region; district; locality
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
nonchalant air; unruffled air
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
calm; composed; cool; quiet
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)