indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
house where one was born; one's parents' house
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens); Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to ask for money; to put the touch on someone
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
henry (unit of inductance)
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)