nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
mountain recesses; heart of the mountains; mountain; (arch.) imperial tomb; (arch.) emperor's grave
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
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 take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
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.)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
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)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to repeat; to do over again
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
such; this sort of; like this
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity