preface; foreword; introduction; beginning; start
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
(written) work; book; writings
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
extract; excerpt; selection
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
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 accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
(all of) you or them; various wise individuals; gentlemen
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
exaggerated; overblown; overdone
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death