oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
really; truly; indeed; good grief
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
police; police officer; police station
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
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
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
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 be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
sorry; excuse me; thank you
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
river; stream; River; the ... river
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to say goodbye; to bid farewell