soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
soccer; (association) football; seersucker
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
brain tumor; brain tumour
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
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 do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
(some) more; even more; longer; further