indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
infant; baby; little child
two persons; two people; pair; couple
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
means; way; method; measure
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be silent; to say nothing
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
superiority; predominance
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
inheritance dispute; succession dispute
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
ultimate; final; last; eventual
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out