prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
reality; actuality; hard fact
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
hostility; antagonism; opposition
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
incident; affair; happening; event
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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 add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
reaching; attaining; arrival
after that; afterwards; thereafter
starting point; starting line