dullard; indecisive person
cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright
after school (at the end of the day)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
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
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
presence; sitting with; being with
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
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.
while; during; while; although; all; both
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)