before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to become completely chilled
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
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 look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
else; in addition; besides
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
myself; yourself; I; me; you
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start