to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
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 together; to share; to participate in
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
as (for); for; in the capacity of
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
number one; first; best; most; game; round
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
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.)
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity