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afterword; postscript

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

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be; is

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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

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classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

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volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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at; in; at; when; by; with; so

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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everyone

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from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")

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very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

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honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

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support; backing; aid; assistance

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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.

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to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

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honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

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to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

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to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

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this time; now

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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whether (or not); if

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of course; certainly; naturally

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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on the occasion of; at the time of

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now; the present time; just now; another; more

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of

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to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

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be; is

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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conviction; belief; confidence

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to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

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to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

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indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...

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as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

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that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

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direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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