this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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 say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
false labelling; mislabelling; misrepresentation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
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
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...