dullard; indecisive person
cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright
after school (at the end of the day)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
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; so
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; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
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; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (voice); fluent (speech); 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; even if; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
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; to continue ...; to keep on ...
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
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