the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to recover consciousness; to come to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as