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
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
how; in what way; how about
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
it's been a long time; long time no see
company president; manager; director
why; how; for what reason
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
what kind of; what sort of; what
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
important witness; material witness; primary witness; prime suspect
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
criminal investigation; prosecution; examination; investigation
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
conviction; belief; confidence
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid