indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
surely; certainly; without doubt
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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 take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
in that way; thus; so; so?
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...