town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
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.
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
Chang'e (Chinese goddess)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to face; to go towards; to head towards
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
development; exploitation