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 topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
beginning; outset; first; onset
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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 lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
orphan; person without friends
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
(your) daughter; young woman
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
exclusive; attached to; specialist
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
myself; yourself; I; me; you
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen